Fawole, AABolaji, Benjamin OlusomiOyedepo, Olanrewaju OlubukolaAdeniran, AS2018-06-012018-06-012015ill obstetric admissions into a tertiary hospital’s intensive care unit. Journal of Medical Investigations and Practice, 10 (1): 16-19.2468-645Xhttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/320BACKGROUND: Intensive Care Unit (ICU) management is a critical care and may be life saving 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 post partum haemorrhage was the most common indication for admission (19[36.5%]). In all 44 (84.6%) were admitted post partum, 45 (86.5%) had organ dysfunction at ICU admission, 36 (69.2%) had mechanical ventilation while most common drugs 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.enCritically ill,intensive care unit,obstetric admissionsArticle