Organ dysfunction and organ failure as predictors of outcomes of severe maternal morbidity in an obstetric intensive care unit.

Background: Most of the maternal deaths are preceded by severe maternal morbidity (SMM). Organ dysfunction and organ failure may occur as part of the pathophysiologic spectrum in SMM.

Aim: To determine the predictive and discriminative abilities of the Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) scores to determine outcomes in pregnant women with SMM, who were admitted to a maternal ICU.

Risk for Recurrence of Pre-eclampsia in the Subsequent Pregnancy.

Background: Pre-eclampsia (PE) is the commonest type of pregnancy induced hypertension and it affects nearly 5% of pregnant women. Besides short term morbidity and mortality that are associated with pregnancy, PE is associated with long term morbidity in women. There is a lack of information on the risk of recurrence of PE in pregnant Asian Indian women.