Key result
Maternal critical care demands specific intensive care adaptations for altered pregnancy physiology and fetal well-being.
Why the study?
Maternal critical care needs are rising due to comorbidities and peripartum complications, yet most ICUs admit few cases and clinicians face unique management challenges.
This narrative review provides guidance for general intensivists on managing critically ill pregnant and peripartum women, addressing unique physiological changes and fetal concerns.
Maternal critical care services are increasingly sought as more women have comorbidities and face complications during pregnancy and the peripartum period. Despite this, most intensive care units admit only a few cases each year. Physicians encounter unique challenges in delivering effective care, including managing pregnancy-related physiological changes, specific diseases, and concerns about fetal well-being. This article offers guidance for the general intensivist managing critically ill patients during this period.
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Warrilow-Wilson et al. (2026) conducted a review in Critically ill pregnant and postpartum patients. Maternal critical care was evaluated. Maternal critical care requires specific adaptations to standard intensive care practices to account for altered pregnancy physiology, pregnancy-specific pathologies, and fetal well-being.
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