May 15, 2001Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Obstetric Admissions to the Intensive Therapy Unit of a Tertiary Care Institution

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Population

239 obstetric patients admitted to the intensive therapy unit during pregnancy up to 42 days postpartum…

Design

Cohort

Follow-up

up to 42 days postpartum

Authors

TQTCC QuahChangi General Hospital JCJoseph ChiuUniversity of California, Irvine KTKok Hian TanKK Women's and Children's Hospital

Discussion

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Implication

Supports enhanced peripartum monitoring for hypertension and haemorrhage; hypothesis-generating for prevention strategies pending prospective validation.

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Population

239 obstetric patients admitted to the intensive therapy unit during pregnancy up to 42 days postpartum (out of 31,725 deliveries), ages 18 to 44 years.

Outcome

Indications for admission, interventions employed, and clinical outcome (maternal mortality and stillbirth rates)

Hypertensive disease and haemorrhage are the leading causes of obstetric admissions to the intensive therapy unit, which occur in approximately 0.73% of deliveries.

Cite This Study

Quah et al. (2001) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a79fd9d684c0941cf322a21 https://doi.org/10.47102/annals-acadmedsg.v30n3p250

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Implication

Supports enhanced peripartum monitoring for hypertension and haemorrhage; hypothesis-generating for prevention strategies pending prospective validation.