Use of Intensive Care Unit in Women with Severe Maternal Morbidity and Maternal Death: Results from a National Multicenter Study.
Fabiano M SoaresJosé Paulo de Siqueira GuidaRodolfo de Carvalho PacagnellaJoão Paulo SouzaMary Angela ParpinelliSamira Maerrawi HaddadJosé Guilherme CecattiPublished in: Revista brasileira de ginecologia e obstetricia : revista da Federacao Brasileira das Sociedades de Ginecologia e Obstetricia (2020)
The current study indicates that the main variables associated with maternal death are the severity and adequacy of the case management, which is more frequent in ICU admissions. The use of the ICU without the stratification of the patients by severity may not produce the expected benefits for part of the women.
Keyphrases
- intensive care unit
- pregnancy outcomes
- birth weight
- mechanical ventilation
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- prognostic factors
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- early onset
- peritoneal dialysis
- type diabetes
- gestational age
- weight gain
- patient reported outcomes
- adipose tissue
- body mass index
- insulin resistance
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation