srjmsSRJMSSRJMS2788-948310.47310/srjms.2025.v05i01.001Evaluation of Molecular Diagnostic Results In Pregnant Mothers and Newborns With Sepsis In IraqBasmaHameedMageedAzalSadiqDawoodAlyaaKamilFaleehAbbasAbdulWahhabJumaah Al-SalihiM.B.Ch.B., C.A.B.O.G., D.O.G.(Specialists Obstetrician and Gynecology) Lecturer ‏Iraqi Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Diyala University, Diyala Medical College of Medicine, Diyala, Iraq.M.B.Ch.B., F.I.C.O.G.(Specialist Obstetrician and Gynecologist),Iraqi Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Diyala University, Diyala Medical College of Medicine, Diyala, Iraq.M.B.Ch.B., D.O.G. (Specialist Obstetrician and Gynecologist) Iraqi Ministry of Health, Al-Anbar Health Directorate, Ramadi Teaching Hospital for Maternity and Children, Anbar, Iraq.M.Sc. \ (Sciences in Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology \ Molecular Biology),Department of Applied Embryology, High Institute for Infertility Diagnosis and Assisted Reproductive Technologies, Nahrain University, Kadhimiya, Baghdad, Iraq.Background and Aim: Pregnancy-related sepsis is a serious illness with a high risk of mortality and morbidity in the mother and the unborn child. This article evaluates sepsis outcomes and its effect on both pregnant women and newborns. Study design of Article: The cross-sectional study design necessitated the collection of patient data, which was then implemented in different hospitals in Iraq, during the period between March 2023 and April 2024. A total of 90 pregnant women were recruited for the study, and all patients were diagnosed with sepsis using qSOFA and SOFA scales. The obstetric outcomes, postpartum care, morbidity, and mortality in the hospital were recorded and analysed using SPSS version 24.0. Findings:  The clinical results of the study found women with ages (≥ 30) years include 62.22%, obesity (43.33%), hypertension (37.78%), hyperlipidemia (44.44%), cesarean section (47.78%), postpartum hemorrhage (37.78%), premature rupture of membranes (16.67%), maternal ICU admission at delivery (10%), maternal mortality (11.11%), small for gestational age (30.0%), 5 min Apgar score <7 (13.33%), and neonatal ICU admissions (50%). Conclusion: Preterm delivery, fetal distress, intrauterine growth restriction, as well as neonatal difficulties belong to the adverse feto-maternal outcomes that are significantly increased when a pregnant woman has sepsis.