GBS colonization: prevalence and the impact of smoking in women delivering term or near term neonates in a large tertiary care hospital; a retrospective chart review

Autor: Linda Meloy, Amanda Ritter, Rachel Wheeler, Philip Kum-Nji, John P. Pierce
Rok vydání: 2020
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DOI: 10.22541/au.158931055.54410144
Popis: Objective We explored the association of smoking and GBS colonization among women delivering neonates 35 weeks+. Design Retrospective chart review Setting A large tertiary care inner-city hospital in the southern United States Population/Sample 803 women pregnant women of term or near term neonates Methods The electronic health records of a convenience sample. Main Outcome Measures The outcome variable of interest was maternal GBS colonization. The primary independent variable of interest was tobacco smoking during pregnancy. Results The prevalence of maternal GBS colonization was 32% among the study population. In the univariate analyses, factors associated with maternal GBS colonization were tobacco smoking during pregnancy (P of trend
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