Evaluation of Admission Indications, Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Obstetric Patients Admitted to the Intensive Care Unit of a Teaching Hospital Center: A Five-Year Retrospective Review

AuthorFarnoush Farzien
AuthorAli Mirmansourien
AuthorZahra Atrkar Roshanen
AuthorBahram Naderi Nabien
AuthorGelareh Biazaren
AuthorShima Yazdipazen
OrcidBahram Naderi Nabi [0000-0002-1727-2446]en
OrcidGelareh Biazar [0000-0002-4571-6059]en
Issued Date2017-06-30en
AbstractBackground: Care of obstetric patients has always been a challenge for critical care physicians, because in addition to their complex pregnancy-related disease, fetal viability is considered. Objectives: The aim of this study was to review the admission indications, clinical characteristics and outcomes of obstetric patients, admitted to the intensive care unit of Alzzahra teaching hospital affiliated to Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran. Methods: This retrospective cohort study was conducted on pregnant /post-partum (up to 6 weeks) patients admitted to the ICU over a 5-year period from April 2009 to April, 2014. Results: Data from 1019 subjects were analyzed. Overall, 90.1% of the patients were admitted in the postpartum period. The most common indications for admission were pregnancy related hypertensive disorders (27.5%) and obstetric hemorrhage (13.5%). Epilepsy (5.4%) and cardiac disease (5.2%) were the most common non-obstetric indications. Conclusions: Pregnancy-related hypertensive disorders and obstetric hemorrhage were the main reasons for admission, and epilepsy and cardiac disease were the most common non-obstetric indications. Efforts must be concentrated on increasing antenatal care.en
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.5812/aapm.13636en
KeywordObstetric Patientsen
KeywordIntensive Care Uniten
KeywordAdmission Indicationen
KeywordOutcomeen
PublisherBrieflandsen
TitleEvaluation of Admission Indications, Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Obstetric Patients Admitted to the Intensive Care Unit of a Teaching Hospital Center: A Five-Year Retrospective Reviewen
TypeResearch Articleen

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