Sepsis and maternal mortality

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 109-116

  Acosta, Colleen D ^a   Knight, Marian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

genital tract sepsis; group A streptococcus; maternal mortality; maternal sepsis

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEVER; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; ICD-10; IMMUNOLOGY; INCIDENCE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CAUSE OF DEATH; CESAREAN SECTION; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; NETHERLANDS; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SEPSIS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84874947137     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: 1473656X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GCO.0b013e32835e0e82     Document Type: Review

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