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Original Article
Volume 4, Number 5, October 2012, pages 314-317
Clinical Profile of Obstetric Patients Admitted to the Medical-Surgical Intensive Care Unit (MSICU) of an Inner-City Hospital in New York
Table
1) Shock (9, 47%) |
hemorrhagic (7) |
rupture of ectopic pregnancy (4) |
after spontaneous abortion (1) |
after dilation and curettage for incomplete abortion (1) |
intrabdominal hematoma after cesarean section (1) |
septic (1) |
urinary tract infection |
cardiogenic (1) |
dilated cardiomyopathy |
2) Pregnancy-induced hypertensive disorders (4, 21%) |
eclampsia (3) |
pre-eclampsia (1) |
3) Respiratory failure (3, 16%) |
hypoxemic (2) |
hypercapneic (1) |
4) Electrolyte imbalance (2, 10%) |
diabetic ketoacidosis |
5) Seizures disorder (1, 5%) |
tonic-clonic, non status epilepticus |