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Prevalence of postpartum infections: a population-based observational study
| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Author | Axelsson, Daniel Blomberg, Marie |
| Copyright Year | 2014 |
| Description | Journal: Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica We investigated the prevalence of postpartum infections among women giving birth during 1 year in a population-based observational/questionnaire study at seven hospitals in the southeast region of Sweden. Of the women >99% (n = 11,124) received a questionnaire to inquire if they had endometritis, mastitis, or wound, urinary tract or any other infection within 2 months postpartum and whether they received antibiotics for this. Prevalence rates for infections and antibiotic treatment were estimated. The response rate was 60.1%. At least one infectious episode was reported by 10.3% of the women and 7.5% had received antibiotics. The prevalence for infections with and without antibiotics were, respectively, mastitis 4.7% and 2.9%, urinary tract infection 3.0% and 2.4%, endometritis 2.0% and 1.7%, wound infection 1.8% and 1.2%. There was no inter-county difference in infection prevalence. Clinical postpartum infections in a high-resource setting are relatively common. |
| Ending Page | 1068 |
| Starting Page | 1065 |
| ISSN | 00221295 |
| e-ISSN | 16000412 |
| DOI | 10.1111/aogs.12455 |
| Journal | Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica |
| Issue Number | 10 |
| Volume Number | 93 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Wiley-Blackwell |
| Publisher Date | 2014-08-16 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Journal: Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica Obstetrics and Gynecology Urinary Tract Infection |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Obstetrics and Gynecology |
