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Obstetric Patients Requiring Critical Care: Retrospective Study In A Tertiary Care Institute Of Pakistan, Samina Ismail, Muhammad Sohaib
Obstetric Patients Requiring Critical Care: Retrospective Study In A Tertiary Care Institute Of Pakistan, Samina Ismail, Muhammad Sohaib
Department of Anaesthesia
Background: The outcome of obstetric patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) depends on the number of factors. The objective of this study is to review the outcomes of these patients with regard to pregnancy status, source of admission, and their presenting illness at time of admission to ICU.
Materials and Methods: A retrospective study was undertaken for all obstetric patients admitted to the ICU of a private tertiary care hospital of Pakistan from 2014 to 2018. The data were reviewed thorough ICU log sheet, electronic medical records, and online laboratory data. The data included patient demographics, pregnancy status, …
A Review Of Critical Care Management Of Maternal Sepsis, Madiha Hashmi, Fazal Hameed Khan
A Review Of Critical Care Management Of Maternal Sepsis, Madiha Hashmi, Fazal Hameed Khan
Department of Anaesthesia
Sepsis is a leading cause of preventable maternal mortality in developing countries due to poverty, home deliveries by untrained persons in unhygienic conditions, limited access to healthcare facilities and lack of availability of antibiotics. Recent confidential enquiries into maternal deaths from the developed nations have revealed an increase in maternal mortality secondary to genital tract sepsis and provision of suboptimal critical care. Early recognition of critical illness in obstetric patients, involvement of intensive care teams earlier and provision of same standard of critical care to pregnant women as non-pregnant patients while being mindful of the altered maternal physiology and fetal …