Performance Characteristics of Sepsis Screening Tools During Delivery Admissions

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Authors

Elliott K. Main · Sutter Health

Matt Fuller

Abstract

During delivery admissions, the CMQCC and UKOSS pregnancy-adjusted screening criteria have the lowest false-positive results while maintaining greater than 90% sensitivity rates. Performance of all screening tools was degraded in the setting of chorioamnionitis-endometritis.

Topics & Keywords

Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment Preterm Birth and Chorioamnionitis Neonatal and Maternal Infections

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volume 143, Issue 3, pp. 326-335

DOI: 10.1097/aog.0000000000005477

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