Perinatal Outcomes Among Patients With Sepsis During Pregnancy.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Rates of maternal sepsis are increasing, and prior studies of maternal sepsis have focused on immediate maternal morbidity and mortality associated with sepsis during delivery admission. There are no data on pregnancy outcomes among individuals who recover from their infections prior to delivery.

Objective

To describe perinatal outcomes among patients with antepartum sepsis who did not deliver during their infection hospitalization.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective cohort study was conducted using data from August 1, 2012, to August 1, 2018, at an academic referral center in San Francisco, California. Included patients were all individuals with nonanomalous, singleton pregnancies who delivered after 20 weeks' gestation during the study p

SUBMITTER: Blauvelt CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8417755 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature