TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Severe Sepsis A1 - Pacheco, Luis D. A1 - Saad, Antonio F. A2 - Pacheco, Luis D. A2 - Saade, George R. A2 - Hankins, Gary D.V. Y1 - 2015 N1 - T2 - Maternal Medicine AB - Sepsis occurs as the result of a systemic maladaptive inflammatory response to an infectious insult. It is the leading cause of mortality in intensive care units (ICUs) in developed countries and the incidence is increasing worldwide.1 The literature regarding management of sepsis in the pregnant patient is limited and pregnant women have typically been excluded from landmark trials that have guided the management of sepsis over the last decades. Most cases of severe sepsis/septic shock are managed in ICUs and, therefore, obstetricians and maternal fetal medicine specialists are unfamiliar with management principles. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - obgyn.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1115521183 ER -