Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira (1992)
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Rev Assoc Med Bras (1992) · Mar 2012
Profile of women admitted at an obstetric ICU due to non-obstetric causes.
To characterize patients admitted during the pregnancy-puerperal cycle for non-obstetric causes in the obstetric intensive care unit (ICU) of a tertiary hospital in northeastern Brazil. ⋯ Women admitted at the obstetric ICU due to non-obstetric causes represent a significant number of patients in this sector. They are mostly young women, and the main admission diagnoses were cardiovascular, respiratory, and infectious diseases, with a fatality rate of 4%.