Critically Ill Obstetric admissions into a tertiary hospital's intensive care unit
dc.contributor.author | Fawole, Adegboyega | |
dc.contributor.author | Bolaji, Benjamen | |
dc.contributor.author | Oyedepo, Olanrewaju | |
dc.contributor.author | Adeniran, Abiodun | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-11-15T11:04:46Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-11-15T11:04:46Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015-01 | |
dc.description.abstract | Background: Intensive Care Unit (ICU) management is a critical care and may be lifesaving in critically ill obstetric patients, but mortality remains high in low‑resource countries. Objective: To review obstetric admissions into a tertiary hospital ICU. Design: Retrospective descriptive study. Setting: The ICU of the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, Nigeria. Subjects: Women admitted to the ICU during pregnancy or within 42 days of the end of the pregnancy. Materials and Methods: A list of all eligible participants was compiled, the case files were retrieved and relevant data extracted; the results were presented in tables and percentages. Results: Obstetric patients constituted 12.3% of the total ICU admissions and 0.84% of all deliveries with 45.6% mortality; the mean age was 29.2 ± 5.4 years (range 18–42 years), mean parity was 2.0 ± 1.5 (range 0–6), 15 (28.8%) had no formal education, 39 (75.0%) were of low social class, 22 (42.3%) had no antenatal care, 41 (78.9%) were admitted for obstetric reason, and postpartum hemorrhage was the most common indication for admission (19 [36.5%]). In all, 44 (84.6%) were admitted postpartum, 45 (86.5%) had organ dysfunction at ICU admission, 36 (69.2%) had mechanical ventilation while the most common drug administered were antibiotics. Conclusion: Obstetric patients are important intensive care users, but maternal mortality remains high among them in low‑resource countries despite the care received. | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | Nil | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 9783-1230 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/3455 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Abia State University and Abia State University Medical Research Society | en_US |
dc.subject | Critically Ill | en_US |
dc.subject | Intensive care unit | en_US |
dc.subject | Obstetric admissions | en_US |
dc.title | Critically Ill Obstetric admissions into a tertiary hospital's intensive care unit | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |