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)...

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Main Authors: Sailaja Devi Kallur, Vidyavati Patil Bada, Pratibha Reddy, Sunil Pandya, Praveen K Nirmalan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: JCDR Research and Publications Private Limited 2014-04-01
Series:Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
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Online Access:https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/4213/8068_E(Ra)_F(P)_E(C)_PF1(PAK)_PFA(AK)_PF2(PN).pdf