Incidence of maternal peripartum infection: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Infection is an important, preventable cause of maternal morbidity, and pregnancy-related sepsis accounts for 11% of maternal deaths. However, frequency of maternal infection is poorly described, and, to our knowledge, it remains the one major cause of maternal mortality without a systematic review of incidence. Our objective was to estimate the average global incidence of maternal peripartum infection.

Methods and findings

We searched Medline, EMBASE, Global Health, and five other databases from January 2005 to June 2016 (PROSPERO: CRD42017074591). Specific outcomes comprised chorioamnionitis in labour, puerperal endometritis, wound infection following cesarean section or perineal trauma, and sepsis occurring from onset of labour until 42 days postpartum. We asse

SUBMITTER: Woodd SL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6903710 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature