Sepsis Deaths Increasing in Delivery Room
By Kristina Fiore, Staff Writer, MedPage Today
Published: October 16, 2012
Reviewed by Zalman S. Agus, MD; Emeritus Professor, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and Dorothy Caputo, MA, BSN, RN, Nurse Planner
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This study was published as an abstract and presented at a conference. These data and conclusions should be considered to be preliminary until published in a peer-reviewed journal.
The risk of severe sepsis and sepsis-related death associated with hospitalization for delivery appears to be increasing, particularly when associated with chronic morbidity, a study found.
WASHINGTON -- Sepsis among women giving birth appears to be growing deadlier, researchers said here...
