Maternal hospitalizations and sepsis

Maternal hospitalizations and sepsis

Collection:
Health Policy and Services Research
Series Title(s):
PHC4 Research briefs
Contributor(s):
Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council, issuing body.
Publication:
[Harrisburg, PA] : Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council, May 2021
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Hospitalization -- statistics & numerical data
Pregnancy Complications
Sepsis -- epidemiology
Pennsylvania
United States
Genre(s):
Technical Report
Abstract:
This research brief focuses on patients hospitalized for a delivery or other pregnancy related condition who also had a diagnosis of sepsis. Sepsis is a life-threatening condition characterized by a system-wide inflammatory response to infection that can worsen to acute organ dysfunction. Included are Pennsylvania female residents and non-residents ages 12-55 who were hospitalized for a maternal stay and discharged from a Pennsylvania acute care hospital from October 2015 through September 2020. For the maternal stays with a diagnosis of sepsis, the sepsis could have developed prior to the hospitalization or during the hospital stay. The results in this report were not adjusted for age or other patient characteristics to avoid masking important sociodemographic differences.
Copyright:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Extent:
1 online resource (1 PDF file (3 pages))
Illustrations:
Illustrations
NLM Unique ID:
9918402086606676 (See catalog record)
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9918402086606676