Open AccessClinical characteristics and outcomes of critically ill obstetric patients: a ten-year review
Author(s) -
Abdulaziz AlDawood
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
annals of saudi medicine/annals of saudi medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.373
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 0975-4466
pISSN - 0256-4947
DOI - 10.4103/0256-4947.84631
Subject(s) - medicine , emergency medicine , intensive care unit , incidence (geometry) , retrospective cohort study , intensive care , pregnancy , critically ill , intensive care medicine , biology , genetics , physics , optics
Pregnancy and delivery can involve complications that necessitate admission to critical care facilities. The objective of our study was to assess the incidence, indications, and outcomes of obstetric patients requiring admission to an intensive care unit (ICU) in a tertiary care hospital, in Saudi Arabia.