Table 2.

Intermediate factors associated with death in obstetric patients with sepsis.

	Death (n/%)
Characteristics	Yes (n = 22)		No (n = 133)		RR	95% CI	P-value
Transferred from another hospital	16	72.4	81	60.9	1.59	0.66–3.84	.28
Pregnant at the time of sepsis	11	50.0	92	69.2	0.50	0.23–1.08	.07
Caesarean section∗	6	30.0	41	54.7	0.43	0.18–1.04	.050
Obstetric complications	10	45.5	50	37.6	1.31	0.60–2.86	.48
Comorbidities	6	27.3	32	24.1	1.15	0.48–2.73	.75
Lifestyle factors (smoking + use of illicit drugs)	1	4.5	3	2.3	1.79	0.31–10.27	.46∗∗
Respiratory infection	7	31.8	32	24.1	1.38	0.61–3.15	.43
Uterine infection	8	36.4	40	30.1	1.27	0.57–2.83	.55
Urinary infection	3	13.6	55	41.4	0.26	0.08–0.85	.009∗∗
Other infections	4	18.2	14	10.5	1.69	0.64–4.44	.23∗∗

Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, 2018. CI = confidence interval, RR = relative risk.

^∗Analysis performed for the 95 patients who had the pregnancy interrupted shortly before admission or during hospitalization for sepsis. Forty-five women were discharged from hospital still pregnant, following an episode of sepsis.

^∗∗Fisher exact test.