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

Table 5

Multivariable logistic regression analysis for the listed outcomes among women with pyelonephritis compared to women without pyelonephritis, while controlling for age, private insurance, residing in a ZIP code with annual income at lowest quartile, cardiomyopathy, asthma, diabetes, thyroid disorders, systemic lupus erythematous, anemia, thrombocytopenia, sickle cell disease, drug use, alcohol use, tobacco use, chronic hypertension, and chronic renal failure.

	Adjusted OR (95% CI)	𝑃 value
Transfusion	1.8 (1.7, 2.0)	<0.0001
Mechanical ventilation	10.9 (9.5, 12.5)	<0.0001
Cardiac events
Acute heart failure	6.5 (4.9, 8.5)	<0.0001
Pulmonary events
Pneumonia	18.5 (17.0, 20.1)	<0.0001
Pulmonary edema	11.3 (8.6, 14.9)	<0.0001
Acute respiratory distress; syndrome	11.6 (9.3, 14.3)	<0.0001
Thromboembolic events
Pulmonary embolism	1.1 (0.6, 2.0)	0.858
Deep vein thrombosis	1.6 (1.02, 2.4)	0.038
Infections
Sepsis	108 (101, 115)	<0.0001
Renal event
Acute renal failure	14.7 (12.9, 16.7)	<0.0001
Obstetric events
Cesarean delivery	0.3 (0.2, 0.4)	<0.0001
Operative vaginal delivery	0.4 (0.3, 0.4)	<0.0001
Multiple gestation	2.9 (2.8, 3.1)	<0.0001
GDM	0.7 (0.7, 0.8)	<0.0001
Prex, eclamp, gest HTN	0.6 (0.5, 0.6)	<0.0001
Preterm labor	1.7 (1.5, 1.8)	<0.0001
Premature rupture of membranes	0.4 (0.4, 0.5)	<0.0001
Postpartum hemorrhage	0.4 (0.4, 0.5)	<0.0001
Chorioamnionitis	1.7 (1.6, 1.8)	<0.0001

Eclamp: eclampsia; GDM: gestational diabetes; gest HTN: gestational hypertension; Prex: preeclampsia.