Course and outcome of obstetric patients in a general intensive care unit

46 pregnant patients admitted to an 8-bed general intensive care unit at a tertiary care university-affiliated hospital over a 4-year period. Group 1 (n=19) requiring mechanical ventilatory support, Group 2 (n=27) requiring intensive monitoring. Commonest admission diagnoses were pregnancy-induced hypertension and hemorrhage.

Admission to general intensive care unit for mechanical ventilation or intensive monitoring

Course, interventions required to achieve predetermined end-points (systolic blood pressure 110-150 mmHg, urine output >= 1 cc/kg/h, oxygen saturation > 95%), and outcome (mortality, length of stay)