Pregnancy related and postpartum admissions to intensive care unit in the obstetric tertiary care center - an 8-year retrospective study.

There are three main reasons of obstetric ICU admissions: hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, obstetric hemorrhage and sepsis/infection. The majority of obstetric patients admitted to ICU did not require multi-organ supportive therapy. Availability of intermediate care facility could reduce unnecessary admission to ICU.