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  • Characteristics of obstetric patients referred to Intensive Care in an Australian tertiary hospital

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    Author(s)
    Paxton, Joanne L
    Presneill, Jeffrey
    Aitken, Leanne
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    Aitken, Leanne M.
    Paxton, Jody L.
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    2014
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    Abstract
    Background The low mortality rate of 8.4 deaths per 100 000 women giving birth in Australia is well described; however, less is known about the spectrum of morbidity evident in pregnant and postpartum women admitted to an intensive care unit. Aim A detailed description of the demographics, comorbidities, diagnoses and interventions of pregnant and postpartum women admitted to an Australian intensive care unit (ICU). Materials and Methods A retrospective observational study was conducted in a large metropolitan hospital co-located with a quaternary-level maternity hospital. The participants were women admitted to intensive ...
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    Background The low mortality rate of 8.4 deaths per 100 000 women giving birth in Australia is well described; however, less is known about the spectrum of morbidity evident in pregnant and postpartum women admitted to an intensive care unit. Aim A detailed description of the demographics, comorbidities, diagnoses and interventions of pregnant and postpartum women admitted to an Australian intensive care unit (ICU). Materials and Methods A retrospective observational study was conducted in a large metropolitan hospital co-located with a quaternary-level maternity hospital. The participants were women admitted to intensive care between 1 January 2007 and 30 June 2009 who were pregnant at any gestational age, or within 6 weeks postpartum. Results Two hundred and forty-nine women were admitted to ICU within the study period constituting 19% of all ICU admissions. The main reasons for admission were hypertensive disease of pregnancy and obstetric haemorrhage. The median (range) age was 32 (17-51) years, and ICU duration was 32 (8-228) h. The median APACHE III-J severity of illness score was 32 (8-80). Almost one-quarter of admissions could be classified as primarily observational. The most common interventions in ICU were invasive arterial pressure monitoring, central venous access with pressure monitoring and magnesium infusions. One-fifth of admissions were invasively ventilated. Conclusion A substantial number of pregnant and postpartum women admitted to ICU did not receive interventions typical of other critical illness, such as mechanical ventilation, inotropes or renal replacement therapy. This confounds the use of an ICU admission as a measure of maternal morbidity.
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    Journal Title
    Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1111/ajo.12211
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    © 2014 Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. Published by Blackwell Publishing Ltd. This is the author-manuscript version of the paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. The definitive version is available at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/
    Subject
    Intensive care
    Acute care
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/62471
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