Evaluating the Correlation of Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome with Mortality and Morbidity in Critically Ill Obstetric Patients in ICU

Background and Objectives: Systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) is a relatively accurate predictor of outcome in critically ill patients treated in medical/surgical ICU. However, there are few data on the incidence of SIRS and its effect on outcome in obstetric patients. The aim of this study was to assess the incidence of SIRS and its relationships with mortality and morbidity in obstetric patients admitted to ICU. Methods: Routine Data Base study was conducted on documents of all obstetric patients admitted to ICUs of two medical teaching centers of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences from Oct 2005 to Feb 2006. Information including SIRS criteria factors, complications, length of ICU stay and mortality were gathered from patients medical records. According to SIRS criteria, patients were categorized into SIRS positive and SIRS negative with comparing the morbidity and mortality rates between the two groups. X² test was used for comparing mortality rate and complications between SIRS positive and negative, and Mann-whitney test was used for comparing the length of stay. Correlation coefficient of Spiermann was applied for assessing SIRS score with mortality rate and complications. In all tests, P