Severe maternal morbidity requires regionalistion of obstetric critical care
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[Analysis of maternal morbidity and mortality among patients admitted to Obstetric Intensive Care with severe preeclampsia, eclampsia or HELLP syndrome].
OBJECTIVE To describe the incidence and clinical and epidemiological profile of patients with severe preeclampsia admitted to Intensive Care. DESIGN A prospective, observational case series. SETTING A specific obstetric 8-bed ICU belonging to a university hospital with a total of 55 ICU beds. PATIENTS A total of 262 patients admitted due to severe preeclampsia, eclampsia or HELLP syndrome...
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عنوان ژورنال: BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1470-0328
DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.14483