title: Outreach in obstetric critical care.
abstract: The present chapter considers the evolving role of critical care outreach in the general hospital setting and applied to obstetric patients, the mechanics of transferring critically ill obstetric patients to critical care and radiology areas, the scoring systems in use in critical care, and the difficulties in applying these scoring systems to obstetric patients.
authors.affiliation: Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals, Lambeth Palace Road, London SE1 7EH, UK. nicholas.barrett@gstt.nhs.uk
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Barrett
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Yentis
mesh_terms: D003422:Critical Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017146:Models, Organizational; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration; D010360:Patient Transfer / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000628:therapy*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013997:Time Factors