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Effect of Puerperal Infections on Early Neonatal Mortality: A
                Secondary Analysis of Six Demographic and Health Surveys

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BACKGROUND: Around 1.5 million annual neonatal deaths occur in
                the first week of life, and infections represent one of the
                major causes in developing countries. Neonatal sepsis is often
                strictly connected to infection of the maternal genital tract
                during labour. METHODS: The association between signs suggestive
                of puerperal infection and early neonatal mortality (<7 days
                of life) was performed using Demographic and Health Surveys
                (DHS) data of six countries, conducted between 2010 and 2013.
                The population attributable fraction (PAF) was generated using
                the estimates on early neonatal mortality of a 1990-2013
                systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study.
                RESULTS: Signs of puerperal infection ranged from 0.7% in the
                Philippines to 16.4% in Honduras. Infection was associated with
                a 2.1 adjusted Risk Ratio (95% CI: 1.4-3.2) of early neonatal
                mortality. Around five percent of all deaths in the first week
                of life were attributable to signs suggestive of puerperal
                infections and varied from 13.9% (95% CI: 1.0-26.6) in Honduras
                to 3.6% (95% CI: 1.0-8.5) in Indonesia. CONCLUSIONS: Targeted
                interventions should be addressed to contain the burden of
                puerperal infections on early neonatal mortality. Consideration
                of the PAF will help in the discussion of the benefits of
                antenatal and perinatal measures.

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Reproducció del document publicat a:
                http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0170856

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Articles publicats en revistes (ISGlobal)

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Effect of Puerperal Infections on Early Neonatal Mortality: A
                Secondary Analysis of Six Demographic and Health Surveys