Clinical and epidemiological profile of patients assisted in a maternal intensive care unit in the federal district

Abstract

Objective: To characterize the profile of patients referred to the Maternal ICU of a public hospital in the Federal District. Method: quantitative study of descriptive, cross-sectional and analytical nature, based on retrospective secondary data obtained through the Maternal ICU admissions book of the Materno Infantil Hospital of Brasilia, making a comparison between the year of creation June 2013-2014 and June 2019-2020. Descriptive statistical analysis was performed using absolute frequency and relative frequency. Results: The data evidenced public attended is exclusively female, with a higher prevalence of the age group between 20 and 29 years old, with an average of 30.27 years old. The prevalent diagnosis was preeclampsia (17.12%). Transfer to other sectors of the same hospital was the main outcome. Conclusion: Direct obstetric causes represent most of the hospitalizations in the sector. In general, they are young women and with priority diagnosis of hypertensive syndromes.