Infections and Risk of Peripartum Stroke During Delivery Admissions.

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

Peripartum strokes during delivery admissions are rare but have high maternal morbidity. Infections have been proposed as a possible stroke trigger. We hypothesized that women who had infections diagnosed at the time of delivery admission would have higher risk of stroke during their delivery hospitalization.

Methods

We conducted a case-control study using state inpatient administrative databases for California (2007-2011), Florida (2009-2011), and New York (2009-2011). Women whose admission included a vaginal or cesarean delivery, with a new diagnosis of stroke during the admission, were considered cases and were randomly matched to 3 in-state controls by age/admission year and presence and severity of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. The primary

SUBMITTER: Miller EC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5916037 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature