Progression from severe sepsis in pregnancy to death: A UK population-based case-control analysis

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 122, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1506-1515

  Mohamed Ahmed, O ^a   Nair, M ^a   Acosta, C ^a   Kurinczuk, J J ^a   Knight, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Maternal deaths; maternal sepsis; pregnancy; septic shock; severe acute maternal morbidity; severe sepsis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MULTIPARA; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SOCIAL STATUS; SURVIVAL RATE; THERAPY DELAY; UNITED KINGDOM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; IMMUNOCOMPROMIZED PATIENT; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARITY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME TO TREATMENT; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANEMIA; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RISK FACTORS; SEPSIS; TIME-TO-TREATMENT; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 84942546685     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.13551     Document Type: Article

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