Postpartum endometritis and infection following incomplete or complete abortion: Case definition & guidelines for data collection, analysis, and presentation of maternal immunization safety data

doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.09.101

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. 2019 Dec 10;37(52):7585-7595.

doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.09.101.

Postpartum endometritis and infection following incomplete or complete abortion: Case definition & guidelines for data collection, analysis, and presentation of maternal immunization safety data

C E Rouse¹, L O Eckert², F M Muñoz³, J S A Stringer⁴, S Kochhar⁵, L Bartlett⁶, M Sanicas⁷, D J Dudley⁸, D M Harper⁹, M Bittaye¹⁰, L Meller¹¹, F Jehan¹², H C Maltezou¹³, M Šubelj¹⁴, A Bardaji¹⁵, A Kachikis¹⁶, R Beigi¹⁷, M G Gravett¹⁸; Global Alignment of Immunization Safety in Pregnancy (GAIA) Postpartum Endometritis, Infection following Incomplete or Complete Abortion Work Group

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¹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
² Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
³ Department of Pediatrics, Section on Infectious Diseases, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
⁴ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
⁵ Global Healthcare Consulting; University of Washington, Seattle, USA; Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
⁶ Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
⁷ Sanofi Pasteur, Asia and JPAC Region, Singapore.
⁸ University of Virginia, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Charlottesville, VA, USA.
⁹ University of Michigan, Departments of Family Medicine and Obstetrics and Gynecology, Department of Epidemiology, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
¹⁰ Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital/University of The Gambia and Medical Research Council, The Gambia at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, USA.
¹¹ Safety & Pharmacovigilance, Syneos Health, Raleigh, NC, USA.
¹² Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
¹³ Department for Interventions in Healthcare Facilities, Hellenic Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Athens, Greece.
¹⁴ National Institute of Public Health, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
¹⁵ Barcelona Institute for Global Health, Barcelona, Spain.
¹⁶ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
¹⁷ University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
¹⁸ Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA. Electronic address: secretariat@brightoncollaboration.org.

PMID: 31783980
PMCID: PMC6891249
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.09.101

Review

Postpartum endometritis and infection following incomplete or complete abortion: Case definition & guidelines for data collection, analysis, and presentation of maternal immunization safety data

C E Rouse et al. Vaccine. 2019.

. 2019 Dec 10;37(52):7585-7595.

doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.09.101.

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
² Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
³ Department of Pediatrics, Section on Infectious Diseases, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
⁴ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
⁵ Global Healthcare Consulting; University of Washington, Seattle, USA; Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
⁶ Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
⁷ Sanofi Pasteur, Asia and JPAC Region, Singapore.
⁸ University of Virginia, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Charlottesville, VA, USA.
⁹ University of Michigan, Departments of Family Medicine and Obstetrics and Gynecology, Department of Epidemiology, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
¹⁰ Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital/University of The Gambia and Medical Research Council, The Gambia at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, USA.
¹¹ Safety & Pharmacovigilance, Syneos Health, Raleigh, NC, USA.
¹² Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
¹³ Department for Interventions in Healthcare Facilities, Hellenic Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Athens, Greece.
¹⁴ National Institute of Public Health, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
¹⁵ Barcelona Institute for Global Health, Barcelona, Spain.
¹⁶ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
¹⁷ University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
¹⁸ Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA. Electronic address: secretariat@brightoncollaboration.org.

PMID: 31783980
PMCID: PMC6891249
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.09.101

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Keywords: Adverse event; Case definition; Guidelines; Immunization; Postpartum endometritis; Sepsis; Septic abortion.

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The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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**Fig. 1**
Postpartum endometritis diagnostic levels of certainty.

**Fig. 2**
Infection following incomplete or complete abortion, diagnostic levels of certainty 1 and 2.

**Fig. 3**
Infection following incomplete or complete abortion, diagnostic level of certainty 3.

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[8] Hussein J., Walker L. Puerperal sepsis in low and middle income settings: past, present and future. Mater. Infant Deaths: Chasing Millennium Dev. Goals. 2010;4:131–147.

[9] Bonet M., Pileggi V.N., Rijken M.J., Coomarasamy A., Lissauer D., Souza J.P. Correction to: Towards a consensus definition of maternal sepsis: results of a systematic review and expert consultation. Reprod Health. 2018;15:6. - PMC - PubMed

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