sepsis; Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS); obstetrics; maternal mortality

A retrospective review of material deaths from sepsis in Saint-Petersburg was undertaken for the period 1996- 2004. Maternal mortality ratios from sepsis for that period 12.4 per 100000 live birth. Conclude made, that the treatment of patiens with sepsis during pregnancy or puerperium should be much more intensive.