Existing models fail to predict sepsis in an obstetric population with intrauterine infection

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 203, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 573.e1-573.e5

  Lappen, Justin R ^a   Keene, Melissa ^b   Lore, Marybeth ^b   Grobman, William A ^b   Gossett, Dana R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chorioamnionitis; Intensive care unit; MEWS; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; DEATH; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MODIFIED EARLY WARNING SCORE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME SCORE; ADULT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVALUATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME;

ADULT; CAUSALITY; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; OBSTETRICS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME;

EID: 79952117859     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2010.07.040     Document Type: Article

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