Infection During Delivery Hospitalization and Risk of Readmission for Postpartum Stroke.

ABSTRACT: Background and Purpose- Most cases of pregnancy-related ischemic stroke (IS) and hemorrhagic stroke (HS) occur postpartum. Infections have been identified as a trigger for strokes in young people and have been associated with strokes during delivery hospitalizations, but a temporal relationship has been difficult to establish. We hypothesized that infections diagnosed during a delivery admission would be associated with an increased risk of readmission for postpartum stroke. Methods- We conducted a retrospective cohort study using the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project's National Readmissions Database from 2010 to 2014. Using weighted survey design Poisson regression analysis, we calculated adjusted risk ratios (aRR) and 95% CI for the association between infection during delivery adm

SUBMITTER: Miller EC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6756953 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature