Table 3

Prevalence of obstetric conditions in any of the four ICNARC Coding Method fields in the CMPD

ICNARC Coding Method condition
n
% of all obstetric admissions
Ultimate hospital mortality (n [%])

Peripartum or postpartum haemorrhage
553
29.1
3 (0.6)
Pre-eclampsia
347
18.2
7 (2.0)
HELLP syndrome
239
12.6
6 (2.6)
Eclampsia
141
7.4
5 (3.5)
Ectopic pregnancy
104
5.5
1 (1.0)
Intrauterine death
95
5.0
6 (6.3)
Antepartum haemorrhage
71
3.7
5 (7.2)
Infected retained products of conception
26
1.4
1 (3.8)
Amniotic fluid embolus
22
1.2
2 (9.1)
Septic abortion
18
0.9
2 (11.1)
Amnionitis
7
0.4
1 (16.7)
Molar pregnancy
4
0.2
1 (25.0)
Any obstetric condition
1496
78.7a
37 (2.5)

Note that the columns do not sum to the values in the 'Any obstetric condition' row because some admissions had more than one obstetric condition recorded in the four fields. aThe remaining 406 obstetric admissions (21.3%) were identified from a partial obstetric code (234) or by the text field search (172). CMPD, Case Mix Programme Database; HELLP, haemolysis, elevated liver enzymes and low platelets; ICNARC, Intensive Care National Audit and Research Centre.

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