title: Maternal critical care: who cares?
abstract: With rising birth rates, and greater numbers of increasingly challenging mothers,  the need for maternal critical care is rising. In the light of several major reports,  this article looks at current provision, as well as areas for future development.
authors: Department of Anaesthesia, The General Infirmary at Leeds, Leeds LS1 3EX. brendansloan@doctors.org.uk
authors: Brendan
authors: B
authors: Sloan
authors: Audrey
authors: A
authors: Quinn
mesh_terms: D003422:Critical Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training / Q000458:organization & administration; D008427:Maternal Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007744:Obstetric Labor Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration; D011247:Pregnancy; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D018805:Sepsis / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy