Obstetric admissions to the intensive care unit: A 12-year review

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 274, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 4-8

  Al Suleiman, Suleiman A ^a   Qutub, Hatem O ^a   Rahman, Jessica ^a   Rahman, M Sayedur ^a  

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Critically ill patients; Intensive care; Maternal death; Medical complications; Pregnancy complications

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HELLP SYNDROME; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MATERNAL MORTALITY; OBSTETRIC HEMORRHAGE; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; REVIEW;

ADULT; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAUDI ARABIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33645242117     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-004-0721-z     Document Type: Review

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