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.

Harrison et al. Critical Care 2005 9(Suppl 3):S25   doi:10.1186/cc3542

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