Epidemiologic profile, survival, and maternal prognosis factors among women at an obstetric intensive care unit.

Objective: To identify the epidemiologic profile, maternal survival, and prognosis factors that might affect survival rates in the obstetric intensive care unit (ICU).

Methods: A prospective cohort study was conducted between January 2007 and February 2009 in a tertiary referral ICU, Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Critical patients during pregnancy and puerperium were followed from admission until discharge or death.