Burden of puerperal sepsis and its associated factors in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Puerperal sepsis is a genital tract infection that can occur from amniotic fluid rupture to six weeks after birth. Maternal complication associated with puerperal sepsis includes prolonged hospital stay, septicemia, disseminated intravascular coagulation, pelvic inflammatory disease, infertility, and death. Even though, puerperal sepsis is the fourth leading cause of maternal morbidity and mortality in Ethiopia the overall prevalence of puerperal sepsis and its associated factors are not studied at the national stage. As a result, this systematic review and meta-analysis bring out the pooled prevalence of puerperal sepsis and its associated factors in Ethiopia.

Methods

A variety of data sources such as Pub Med, Web of Science, Science Direct, Embase, Google Schola

SUBMITTER: Melkie A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8628469 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature