1. THE DEMOGRAPHIC FEATURES DUE TO WHICH A SERIOUS OBSTETRIC PATIENT WAS SHIFTED TO ICU
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Obaidullah Qureshi, Iqra Aslam, Muhammad Ammar Ashraf
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Objective: The aim of the study was to highlight the demographic features due to which a serious obstetric patient was shifted to ICU. The treatment of these patients in ICU is also included in the objectives of study. Methods: This was an illustrated and backdated study organized between August, 2017 and June 2018.the place of organization of this study was Services Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan. The patients selected for the study were from the department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and seriously ill females. They were shifted to intensive care unit. A proforma was designed for the assemblage of demographic information of every patient. This information also includes involvement of patient in department, their attestation and initial identification, logics of transferring to ICU, treatment and stay. Ultimate results were also recorded in the proforma. Using SPSS 21, information was assessed. Results: Total patients included in this study were 150. The mean age of the patients was 30.3 ± 5.047 years. The number of patients who needed ventilator support was 38 (25.3 %). However, support of oxygen and inotropic was given to 112 (74.7 %) patients. 41 (27.3 %) was the final death rate of females. From these 41 patients, patients with ventilator and without ventilator were 22 (57.8 %) and 19 (16.9 %) respectively. In ICU, the mean stay was 4.47 ± 2.53 days. The most common factors that leads to the shifting of patients to intensive care unit were eclampsia / pre-eclampsia, bleeding disorders and septic trauma with the ratio of 80 (53.33 %), 25 (16.65 %) and 24 (16 %) respectively. Conclusion: The female patients who died were mostly supported with ventilator. Main factors that leads to the shifting of patients to intensive care unit were bleeding disorders and hypertensive. Keywords: Outcome, ICU, Critically ill, Obstetric patients.
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- 2018
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