The continuum of maternal sepsis severity: incidence and risk factors in a population-based cohort study.

To investigate the incidence and risk factors associated with uncomplicated maternal sepsis and progression to severe sepsis in a large population-based birth cohort.This retrospective cohort study used linked hospital discharge and vital statistics records data for 1,622,474 live births in Californ...

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Main Authors: Colleen D Acosta, Marian Knight, Henry C Lee, Jennifer J Kurinczuk, Jeffrey B Gould, Audrey Lyndon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3699572?pdf=render