Epidemiology of and surveillance for postpartum infections.

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Yokoe, D. S. ; Christiansen, C. L. ; Johnson, R. ; Sands, K. E. ; Livingston, J. ; Shtatland, E. S. ; Platt, R.
• Description:
  We screened automated ambulatory medical records, hospital and emergency room claims, and pharmacy records of 2,826 health maintenance organization (HMO) members who gave birth over a 30-month period. Full-text ambulatory records were reviewed for the 30-day postpartum period to confirm infection status for a weighted sample of cases. The overall postpartum infection rate was 6.0%, with rates of 7.4% following cesarean section and 5.5% following vaginal delivery. Rehospitalization; cesarean delivery; antistaphylococcal antibiotics; diagnosis codes for mastitis, endometritis, and wound infection; and ambulatory blood or wound cultures were important predictors of infection. Use of automated information routinely collected by HMOs and insurers allows efficient identification of postpartum infections not detected by conventional surveillance.
• Subjects:
  Ambulatory Care Cesarean Section Delivery, Obstetric Female Health Maintenance Organizations Hospitalization Humans Medical Records Pharmacies Population Surveillance Pregnancy Puerperal Infection

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 7(5):837-841.
• Pubmed ID:
  11747696
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC2631873
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  UR8/CCU115079/CC/ODCDC CDC HHS/United States
• Volume:
  7
• Issue:
  5
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:0bdb0cfd7c2b6687dddc2697eafaad3849c5d9d0d07317ee91d4348eebb3eccf
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/15204/cdc_15204_DS1.pdf
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