Chinese Med J Peking
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To review the clinical characteristics and outcomes of critically ill obstetrical patients and to determine the outcome predictability using the Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) II scoring system. ⋯ When applying the Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) II scoring system in predicting the final outcome in this group of obstetric patients, we found that our obstetric patients requiring intensive care had a better outcome than predicted, as expressed by a low mortality ratio (0.25).