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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Transfer of obstetric patients to an intensive care unit: An eighty-two case report in Burkina Faso
Gynecologie Obstetrique et Fertilite, Volume 31, No. 2, Year 2003
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Objective. - To review all obstetric admissions to an intensive care unit (ICU) of an African hospital. Patients and methods. - Retrospective analysis of the records of all obstetric patients admitted to the ICU of Souro Sanou Hospital in Burkina Faso, from January 1st, 1996, to June 30, 1998. Results. - Eighty-two patients out of 6119 deliveries were transferred to the ICU, which meant a 1.34% transfer rate. These transfers concerned young patients (mean age of 24 years), coming originally from outlying maternities in 52.4% and having already given birth in 64.63% of the cases. The two main diagnoses at the ICU were: eclampsia and septic shock. The large majority of the patients (73 out of 82) had at least one bad prognosis factor at admission at the ICU. A maternal mortality rate of 60% was noted, the main risk factors for mortality being acute respiratory condition and severe anemia. Conclusion. - Mortality of obstetric patients admitted to ICUs is very high in our setting. Establishing an ICU within the obstetric unit or early detection of cases to be transferred (scoring system?) should improve the prognosis. © 2003 Éditions scientifiques et médicales Elsevier SAS. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Dao, Blami
Burkina Faso, Bobo-dioulasso
Centre Hospitalier National Souro Sanou
Rouamba, A.
Burkina Faso, Bobo-dioulasso
Centre Hospitalier National Souro Sanou
Ouédraogo, D.
Burkina Faso, Bobo-dioulasso
Centre Hospitalier National Souro Sanou
Kambou, Timothee
Burkina Faso, Bobo-dioulasso
Centre Hospitalier National Souro Sanou
Bazié, A. J.
Burkina Faso, Bobo-dioulasso
Centre Hospitalier National Souro Sanou
Statistics
Citations: 25
Authors: 5
Affiliations: 1
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/S1297-9589(03)00006-7
ISSN:
12979589
e-ISSN:
17696682
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Maternal And Child Health
Study Design
Cohort Study
Study Locations
Burkina Faso