A QI project shows that the establishment of an interdisciplinary Code Sepsis Team can improve compliance with sepsis bundle ...

The economic costs of sepsis But before policy makers decide to implement effective treatments, researchers must also show that the interventions have the greatest value to maternal and child health.

Maternal sepsis takes the lives of 261,000 women worldwide every year¹. In the United States, sepsis/infection is the third leading cause of pregnancy-related deaths².

Maternal sepsis — a condition many are unaware of — is the country’s second leading cause of maternal mortality. Between 2014 and 2017 infection or sepsis caused 14.3% of pregnancy-related ...

The overall analysis demonstrated a cost-savings of $32,661 per 100,000 pregnancies. Sepsis remains a leading cause of maternal death globally, and the burden is greatest in low-resource settings.

In today’s contentious climate, we often hear political debates about maternal health care. Readers may be surprised to learn that maternal sepsis — a condition many are unaware of — is the ...

A single oral dose of the antibiotic azithromycin can reduce the risk of postpartum sepsis and death among women who deliver vaginally by one-third, according to a large multi-country clinical ...

In the A-PLUS trial, sepsis appeared to drive the maternal primary outcome; it occurred in 1.5% of the azithromycin group and 2.3% of the placebo group (RR 0.65, 95% CI 0.55-0.77).

While sepsis is considered to be a preventable cause of maternal death, it continues to be a major cause of women dying during or after childbirth, even in high resource countries such as Australia.

By comparison, Luzerne County had 7.4 sepsis cases per 1,000 maternal hospitalizations, while the rate in Monroe County was 8 per 1,000 and the rate in Columbia County was 12.3 per 1,000.