Pregnancy-Associated Severe Sepsis: Contemporary State and Future Challenges

Infectious Diseases and Therapy

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 175-189

  Oud, Lavi ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Intensive care unit; Mortality; Pregnancy; Resource utilization; Resuscitation; Severe sepsis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CATECHOLAMINE; NORADRENALIN;

ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FATALITY; FEMALE; FLUID RESUSCITATION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; ICD-9-CM; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY ASSOCIATED SEVERE SEPSIS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PUBLICATION; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 84977137659     PISSN: 21938229     EISSN: 21936382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40121-014-0037-7     Document Type: Review

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