The utility of systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) for diagnosing sepsis in the immediate postpartum period

Background: The systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) and sepsis definitions were developed to improve the ability for early detection of infection and sepsis. We studied the incidence of immediate postpartum SIRS and sepsis. We further studied immediate postpartum SIRS as a potential predi...

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Main Authors: Susan Shafik, Sobiah Mallick, Joshua Fogel, Maggie Tetrokalashvili, Chaur-Dong Hsu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-11-01
Series:Journal of Infection and Public Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1876034119301364