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Childbirth is a major life event for women and their families. However, in a small proportion, severe and sometimes life-threatening complications occur during pregnancy. Such critically ill women should receive the same standard of care for both their pregnancy-related and critical care needs, delivered by professionals with the same level of competences irrespective of whether these are provided in a maternity or general critical care setting [1].
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Muhunthan, K., Arulkumaran, S. (2016). Ethics in the Setting Up of Obstetric HDU and ICU. In: Gandhi, A., Malhotra, N., Malhotra, J., Gupta, N., Bora, N. (eds) Principles of Critical Care in Obstetrics. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2692-5_3
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