Main causes of mortality in pregnant women admitted to critical care units
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Maternal mortality, Critical Care Obstetric Unit, Pregnant women, Complications, (Source: DeCS).Abstract
Objectives: To interpret the main causes of mortality in pregnant women admitted to Critical Care Units. Method: Exploratory, observational, cross-sectional and retrospective systematic review study according to PRISMA 2020 guidelines. Scientific articles published in 2022 from MEDLINE, COCHRANE, SCIENCE DIRECT and SCOPUS databases were included. Results: From 560 initial articles, 27 were selected after exhaustive review. The main causes of mortality were postpartum hemorrhage (33.3%), hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (37.22%) and sepsis (25%). The highest percentage of maternal deaths occurs in developing countries. Conclusions: Hypertensive disorders, postpartum hemorrhage and sepsis constitute the main causes of maternal death in obstetric ICUs, requiring strengthening of health systems to reduce these figures
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