Peripartum Infections: A Position Statement of the Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine

Srinivas Samavedam; Kanwalpreet Sodhi; Pankaj Anand; Sukhminder Js Bajwa; Dilip R Karnad; Sunil Karanth; Sunil T Pandya; Leena A Patil; Sharmili Sinha; Anjan Trikha

doi:10.5005/jp-journals-10071-24657

Peripartum Infections: A Position Statement of the Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine

Indian J Crit Care Med. 2024 Aug;28(Suppl 2):S92-S103. doi: 10.5005/jp-journals-10071-24657. Epub 2024 Aug 10.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Critical Care, Ramdev Rao Hospital, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
² Department of Critical Care, Deep Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab, India.
³ Department of Critical Care, Fortis Hospital, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
⁴ Department of Anaesthesiology & Intensive Care, Gian Sagar Medical College & Hospital, Rajpura, Punjab, India.
⁵ Department of Critical Care Medicine, Jupiter Hospital, Thane, Maharashtra, India.
⁶ Department of Critical Care Medicine, Manipal Hospital, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
⁷ Department of Anaesthesia, Peri-operative Medicine and Critical Care, AIG Hospitals, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India.
⁸ Department of Critical Care, K D Patil Multi Specialty Hospital, Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India.
⁹ Department of Critical Care Medicine, Apollo Hospitals, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
¹⁰ Department of Anesthesiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.

Abstract

This position statement reviews the evidence and rationale for the management of severe peripartum infections with a special focus on tropical infections and is tailored for resource-limited settings.

How to cite this article: Samavedam S, Sodhi K, Anand P, Bajwa SJS, Karnad DR, Karanth S, et al. Peripartum Infections: A Position Statement of the Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine. Indian J Crit Care Med 2024;28(S2):S92-S103.

Keywords: Dengue; Gram-negative sepsis; Malaria; Peripartum; Pregnancy; Scrub typhus; Tuberculosis; Viral infections.