Evaluation of obstetric admissions to intensive care unit of a tertiary care center at Govt. medical college in Haldwani, India
Journal Title: Scholars Journal of Applied Medical Sciences - Year 2016, Vol 4, Issue 3
Abstract
Care of the critically ill parturients is a unique challenge in obstetrics particularly because of its unpredictability. Haemorrhage, toxaemia, anaemia and septicaemia are common causes of mortality and morbidity in these patients. This study aims to evaluate the occurrence, indications, course, interventions, and outcome of obstetric patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU).It was a Retrospective observational study conducted in ICU of Government Medical College, Haldwani, and Nainital. The data collected were age, parity, obstetric status, primary diagnosis, interventions, and outcome of obstetric patients admitted to the ICU from May 2014 to May 2015. Total deliveries were 2560 in 1 years. Obstetric admissions to the ICU were (n = 38) which constitutes 1.48% of deliveries. Majority of the admissions were in the postpartum period (n = 29, 76.2%). The two common indications for admission were Eclampsia (n = 11, 28.9%) and obstetric hemorrhage (n = 9, 23.6%). The most common intervention was artificial ventilation (n = 34, 89.5%). The statistical analysis was done by fractional percentage and Chi-square test. Keywords: Intensive care unit, obstetrics, postpartum haemorrhage, ventilation, MMR.
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Madhulika Gupta, Geeta Jain, Saurabh Shukla
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