[Tracheostomy performed in ICU: Professional practice assessment and patient outcome].

Introduction: Tracheostomy is a commonly performed procedure. The aim of this study was to assess professional practice, describe patient characteristics and examine short and long-term outcomes.

Methods: All patients with CCAM GEPA004 code were retrospectively included.

Postpartum acute renal failure: a multicenter study of risk factors in patients admitted to ICU.

Background: Even in developed countries, severe specific pregnancy complications may occur in the immediate postpartum period and require admission to the ICU. The characteristics and risk factors of acute renal failure (ARF) induced by these complications and their treatments are not well known.

Methods: We performed a retrospective multicenter study in three intensive care departments linked to level III maternity wards in the north of France.