This study aims to evaluate the prevalence of sepsis in a public maternity hospital in the Eastern Amazon. This is a descriptive, retrospective cross-sectional study with a quantitative approach, carried out with data from 135 medical records of patients affected by sepsis in a referral hospital, in 2021. The data were tabulated in the Statistics Program for Social Science for Windows (SPSS® 16.0) software. , SPSS Inc, Chicago, IL, USA) and the research complied with Resolution No. 466/12 of the National Health Council, which regulates research with human beings. The results show sepsis predominant in females (82.96%), aged 19 to 29 years (48.15%), coming from the capital Belém, from the obstetric clinic (62.22%), with a focus of pulmonary infection (37 .78%), organ dysfunction characterized by Systolic Blood Pressure < 90 mmHg or MAP < 65 mmHg or BP drop > 40 mmHg (56.30%), with sepsis outcome (75%) and tachycardia symptom (88.15%). It is concluded that this study contributed to the knowledge of the sepsis profile, and consequently to the assessment of the need to implement new health practices.
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