Perinatal risk for mortality and mental retardation associated with maternal urinary-tract infections.

摘要: OBJECTIVE The researchers analyzed the relationship between fetal exposure to maternal urinary tract infections (UTIs) and mental retardation or developmental delay death. STUDY DESIGN A retrospective cohort design was used explore risk for death associated with UTI during pregnancy. POPULATION Matched maternal-child pairs from National Collaborative Perinatal Project (NCPP) decades of 1960 1970 were compared a previous analysis South Carolina Medicaid Reimbursement System (Medicaid) 1995-1996. Both data sets are representative poor women their children. OUTCOMES MEASURED outcomes measured in live-born RESULTS There an increased relative (RR) third trimester pregnancy (RR=1.40; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.01-1.95) NCPP, there similar data. hazard 2.23 (95% CI, 1.40-3.55). CONCLUSIONS findings support association delay. These results confirm importance diligent diagnosis treatment by prenatal care providers.