Clinical Characteristics and Outcome of Obstetric Patients Who Required Mechanical Ventilation in a Tertiary Care Hospital in North Kerala.
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| ID: sea-183234
ABSTRACT
Objectives:
To describe the clinical characteristics of obstetric patients requiring mechanical ventilation in a tertiary referral hospital and their maternal and perinatal outcome in order to identify their risk factors and clinical outcome and determine adverse prognostic factors in these patients. Studydesign:
A prospective study was conducted in the Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Government Medical College, Kozhikode on all pregnant women up to 6 weeks postpartum from January 1, 2011 to December 31, 2013 and who subsequently required mechanical ventilation. Data was recorded in a predesigned proforma and was analyzed and frequency, and percentages were calculated.Results:
In the 3-year period, 75 obstetric patients required mechanical ventilation. Majority were between 20-35 years (88%) and were primipara (53.3%). Eighty percent were admitted in the antepartum period and most were in the gestational age of 30-36 weeks (41.3%). Hypertensive disorder is an important antepartum complication (29.3%). Postpartum hemorrhage was the important cause (45.3%) of ICU admission. About 49.3% required mechanical ventilation for <24 hours and multiorgan failure was the important complication encountered (13.3%).Conclusions:
Providing optimal prenatal care and improving the management of hemorrhagic complications and hypertensive disease can improve the morbidity and mortality of critically ill obstetric patients requiring mechanical ventilation.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Risk factors
Language:
English
Year:
2014
Type:
Article
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