Indications for intensive care unit transfer during delivery hospitalizations: a retrospective cohort study using the premier database (2015–2020)
Authors' conclusion
Intensive care unit admission may be driven by concern for clinical deterioration among patients with high-risk comorbidities rather than the presence of severe maternal morbidity.
Study context
- Population
- Delivery hospitalizations with ICU admission, Premier Database, 10/2015–12/2020of 4.8 million deliveries
- Participants
- 35,837 hospitalizations
- Exposure
- ICU admissions with vs without severe maternal morbidity
- Outcome
- Use of ICU-specific services (charge codes)
Methodological detailsPremier Database, multivariable logistic regression
- Premier Database
- Multivariable logistic regression
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
ICU-specific charge codes
ICU-specific charge codes
Invasive hemodynamic monitoring
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Median ICU LOS
- Similar between groups
Factors associated with non-severe maternal morbidity ICU admission
- Comorbidities such as cardiomyopathy and preeclampsia associated with increased non-severe maternal morbidity ICU admission
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Original publication
Indications for intensive care unit transfer during delivery hospitalizations: a retrospective cohort study using the premier database (2015–2020). Int J Obstet Anesth. Published 25 May 2026. doi:10.
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