• Anaesthesia · Jul 1989

    The requirement for intensive care support for the pregnant population.

    • S G Graham and M C Luxton.
    • Department of Anaesthetics, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham.
    • Anaesthesia. 1989 Jul 1; 44 (7): 581-4.

    AbstractPregnancy-associated admissions to the Intensive Care Unit during the first 5 years of a newly established teaching hospital obstetric unit are reviewed. There were 23 such admissions; in the same period, 21,983 deliveries occurred. The most frequent cause for Intensive Care admission was hypertensive disease of pregnancy. Most patients required admission for less than 48 hours. Two patients died during the period of study.

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