7 recommendations for treating sepsis
Among women who died from sepsis, a majority had a delay in care and a delay in escalation of care.
References:
Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM), Plante LA, Pacheco LD, Louis JM. SMFM Consult Series #47: Sepsis during pregnancy and the puerperium. AM J Obstet Gynecol. 2019 Jan 23.[Epub ahead of print] Available at https://www.ajog.org/article/S0002-9378(19)30246-7/fulltext. Accessed March 19, 2019.
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