Seppänen PM, et al. - In this retrospective register-based study performed in four university hospitals in Finland, researchers assessed pregnancy and delivery course of obstetric patients who sought admission for intensive care. They also focused on the health status of the infants of these patients. From the clinical information system, a total of 283 obstetric patients were identified throughout the study duration (2007–2011). Compared with the general obstetric population, intensive care unit-admitted women more commonly exhibited advanced maternal age, nulliparity and multiple pregnancy. Hypertensive complications and obstetric haemorrhage were identified as the main reasons for admission. The likelihood of needing treatment on a neonatal ward as well as the risk of neonatal death was eight times greater for neonates of intensive care unit-admitted mothers vs the general obstetric population.