Medical and Infectious Complications Associated with Pyelonephritis among Pregnant Women at Delivery

Table 3

Medical events present at time of delivery in hospital discharges among women with pyelonephritis compared to women without pyelonephritis, Nationwide Inpatient Sample years 2008–2010 (12,628,746 deliveries).

Condition, 𝑛 (%)	Pyelo; 𝑛 = 26,397	No Pyelo; 𝑛 = 12,602,349	OR (95% CI)	𝑃 value
Transfusion	793 (3.0)	130,911 (1.0)	2.9 (2.7, 3.2)	<0.0001
Mechanical ventilation	221 (0.8)	8807 (0.07)	12.1 (10.6, 13.8)	<0.0001
Cardiac events
Acute heart failure	67 (0.2)	4523 (0.04)	7.1 (5.5, 8.9)	<0.0001
Pulmonary events
Pneumonia	635 (2.4)	12,589 (0.1)	24.7 (22.7, 26.7)	<0.0001
Pulmonary edema	55 (0.2)	2008 (0.02)	13.0 (9.8, 16.9)	<0.0001
Acute respiratory distress syn	88 (0.3)	2798 (0.02)	15.0 (12.1, 18.5)	<0.0001
Thromboembolic Events
Pulmonary embolism	11 (0.04)	3609 (0.03)	1.3 (0.6, 2.3)	0.405
Deep vein thrombosis	22 (0.08)	6352 (0.05)	1.6 (1.03, 2.4)	0.022
Infections
Sepsis	1393 (5.3)	5426 (0.04)	129 (122, 137)	<0.0001
Renal event
Acute renal failure	257 (1.0)	6828 (0.05)	18.1 (15.9, 20.5)	<0.0001