Caracterización de la morbilidad materna severa en una Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos / Characterization of the severe mother morbility in an Intensive Care Unit

RESUMEN

Introducción: el ingreso en cuidados intensivos, es un marcador de morbilidad materna extremadamente grave e importante instrumento para reducir la morbi-mortalidad en pacientes obstétricas complicadas. Objetivos: caracterizar la morbilidad materna en cuidados intensivos relacionada con las causas de ingreso...

ABSTRACT

Introduction: the admission in the intensive care unit is a marker of extremely severe maternal mortality and an important tool to reduce the morbidity and mortality in obstetric patients with complications. Objectives: to characterize the maternal morbidity in an intensive care unit related to the admission causes. Methods: a retrospective study was conducted in 212 mothers admitted in the intensive care unit (icu) of the enrique cabrera hospital, habana, 2008-2009. data wer4 collected from medical records, the admission diagnosis was taken as the dependent variable. for qualitative variables authors used percentages and chi²-test and for the quantitative ones the t-test, using the statistic spss-11.5 system...