Incidence of Maternal Sepsis and Sepsis-Related Maternal Deaths in the United States

Matthew K Hensley; Melissa E Bauer; Lindsay K Admon; Hallie C Prescott

doi:10.1001/jama.2019.9818

Incidence of Maternal Sepsis and Sepsis-Related Maternal Deaths in the United States

JAMA. 2019 Sep 3;322(9):890-892. doi: 10.1001/jama.2019.9818.

Authors

Matthew K Hensley¹, Melissa E Bauer², Lindsay K Admon³, Hallie C Prescott⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
² Department of Anesthesiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
³ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
⁴ VA Center for Clinical Management Research, HSR&D Center of Innovation, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Abstract

This study uses National Readmissions Database data to characterize incidence of and mortality due to maternal sepsis within 42 days of delivery hospitalization discharge in the United States between 2013 and 2016.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Adult
Female
Hospitalization / statistics & numerical data
Humans
Incidence
Maternal Mortality*
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / epidemiology*
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / mortality
United States / epidemiology

Grants and funding

K08 GM115859/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States