Sunanda Gupta|Udita Naithani|Vimla Doshi|Vaibhav Bhargava|Bhavani S Vijay
Obstetric critical care: A prospective analysis of clinical characteristics, predictability, and fetomaternal outcome in a new dedicated obstetric intensive care unit
1 year prospective analysis critically ill obstetric patients admitted newly developed dedicated obstetric intensive care unit icu done order characterize causes admissions interventions required course foetal maternal outcome utilization mortality probability model ii mpm ii admission predicting maternal mortality also assessed period 16756 deliveries 79 maternal deaths maternal mortality rate 471000 deliveries 24 icu admissions icu utilization ratio 014 mean age 25214075 years mean gestational age 36043862 weeks postpartum admissions significantly higher 8333 n20 p005 patients presenting obstetric complications 9166 n22 p001 compared medical complications 832 n2 obstetric haemorrhage n15 625 haemodynamic instability n20 8333 considered significant risk factors icu admission p0000 inotropic support required 22 patients 9166 17 patients 7083 required ventilatory support contribute risk factors poor outcome mean duration ventilation 30172165 h icu stay 39423370 h significantly longer duration survivors p001 p000 respectively versus nonsurvivors observed mortality n10 4167 significantly higher mpm ii predicted death rate 2643 p0002 conclude obstetric haemorrhage leading haemodynamic instability remains leading cause icu admission mpm ii scores admission predict maternal mortality