Women of childbearing age: causes of hospitalization in intensive care unit and results

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Cátia Millene Dell Agnolo
Angela Andréia França Gravena
Tiara Cristina Romeiro-Lopes
Sheila Cristina Rocha-Brischiliari
Maria Dalva de Barros Carvalho
Sandra Marisa Pelloso

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Introduction: Obstetric patients represent a significant fraction of admissions to intensive care units and consist of a challenge to the team. Objective: To analyze the main causes of maternal death and hospitalization of women of childbearing age occurring in intensive care units of hospitals in a city in Northwestern Paraná, Southern Brazil. Methods: Exploratory, descriptive and retrospective study, conducted with women of childbearing age (10–49 years) admitted in three intensive care units existing in a city of Northwest Paraná, for obstetric and non-obstetric causes, from January 2005 to December 2009. Results: There were 775 admissions of women of childbearing age, with a mean age of 33.7±10.3 years; the mean duration of hospitalization was 5.0±8.4 days. Most of the women were from the municipality (67.2%), with low education level (primary level, 68.2%). Among the obstetric causes of hospitalization, pre-eclampsia and eclampsia constituted the main cause (71.3%); pyelonephritis stood out other conditions during pregnancy (53%). There was no statistical association between hospital admissions for obstetric causes in intensive care unit and death. Conclusion: Non-obstetric causes accounted for the majority of hospitalizations of women of childbearing age in the intensive care unit of this municipality during the study period; among obstetric causes, pre-eclampsia and eclampsia were the main causes.

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Agnolo, C. M. D., Gravena, A. A. F., Romeiro-Lopes, T. C., Rocha-Brischiliari, S. C., Carvalho, M. D. de B., & Pelloso, S. M. (2014). Women of childbearing age: causes of hospitalization in intensive care unit and results. ABCS Health Sciences, 39(2). https://doi.org/10.7322/abcshs.v39i2.626
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