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Maternal Critical Care: Care worthy of the name? The Royal College of Anaesthetists Bulletin 77 January 2013 Dr A C Quinn, Consultant Anaesthetist, The General Infirmary Leeds Dr A Cohen, Consultant Intensivist, St James’s University Hospital Leeds. In this article we address the scope of the problem, the current evidence and areas for Improvement emphasizing the key role of anaesthetists in implementing changes. Core Standards for Intensive Care Units 2013 The Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine/The Intensive Care Society These standards apply to all units capable of looking after Level 2 or Level 3 critically ill patients, whether they are called Intensive Care, Critical Care or High Dependency Units and no distinction is made between them. Female admissions (aged 16-50 years) to adult, general critical care units in England, Wales and Northern Ireland reported as ‘currently pregnant’ or ‘recently pregnant’ Report from the Intensive Care National Audit & Research Centre 2013 ICNARC This is the second Intensive Care National Audit & Research Centre (ICNARC) report on obstetric admissions to UK intensive care units (ICUs) during the period 2009 to 2012, commissioned by the Obstetric Anaesthetists’ Association (OAA). This important document identifies the number of cases, severity and type of illness, level and type of support required and final outcomes of critically ill obstetric patients and their babies.