RT Book, Section
A1 Pacheco, Luis D.
A1 Saad, Antonio F.
A2 Pacheco, Luis D.
A2 Saade, George R.
A2 Hankins, Gary D.V.
SR Print(0)
ID 1115521183
T1 Severe Sepsis
T2 Maternal Medicine
YR 2015
FD 2015
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071824163
LK obgyn.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1115521183
RD 2024/04/18
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.