Pregnant Women Admitted to ICU Have 12 Times Higher Rate of Stillbirths: Study

Published on June 7, 2024

Women admitted to ICUs during pregnancy have a 12-times higher rate of having a stillbirth and their babies have a higher risk of needing neonatal care, a study has shown. Researchers from the University of Edinburgh also found that women face significant risks to their own lives, including a twofold increase in hospital readmission in the six weeks after delivery and a 40-fold increased risk of mortality within a year. The paper published in the Intensive Care Medicine journal on Friday compiled the data of 762,918 deliveries at Scottish hospitals between 2005 and 2018 and examined pregnancies which resulted in a live birth, still birth, or late miscarriage. Of those, 1,449 women, around one in 500, had been admitted to ICU....

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