Objectives: To determine the frequency, admission diagnosis and case fatality rate of obstetrical/gynecological patients admitted to intensive care units (ICU). Design: Descriptive study. Setting: Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics and Intensive Care Units, Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru. Material: Medical records, ICU epicrisis and Perinatal Information System of all gynecological and obstetrical patients admitted to the ICU, from January 2008 through December 2009, were reviewed. Variables studied were maternal age, diagnosis at admission, ICU admission diagnosis, ICU stay, ICU interventions (mechanical ventilation, transfusions, inotropes use) and mortality. Main outcome measures: Outcome of patients admitted to UCI. Results: We analyzed 52 medical records representing 0,54 % of obstetrical interventions at the hospital. We reviewed 26 from year 2008, where age av...

Presentamos 4 casos esporádicos de Listeriosis y embarazo. En todos ellos se obtuvo un recién nacido vivo. El síntoma común fue fiebre. Discutimos cada caso en particular y revisamos la literatura.

Objectives: To determine the frequency, admission diagnosis and case fatality rate of obstetrical/gynecological patients admitted to intensive care units (ICU). Design: Descriptive study. Setting: Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics and Intensive Care Units, Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru. Material: Medical records, ICU epicrisis and Perinatal Information System of all gynecological and obstetrical patients admitted to the ICU, from January 2008 through December 2009, were reviewed. Variables studied were maternal age, diagnosis at admission, ICU admission diagnosis, ICU stay, ICU interventions (mechanical ventilation, transfusions, inotropes use) and mortality. Main outcome measures: Outcome of patients admitted to UCI. Results: We analyzed 52 medical records representing 0,54 % of obstetrical interventions at the hospital. We reviewed 26 from year 2008, where age av...

A review of editorial occurrences since 1955 when the journal Ginecología y Obstetricia was first published until 2015 is done, mentioning its continuity and permanence with publication of articles on obstetrics and gynecology, reproduction, infertility, public health, neoplasias, and fetal medicine. The presence of the current Editorial Committee since 1994 has allowed editorial quality, permanence, peer review, visibility, impact, and citations, incentivizing research and publication, and obtaining digitalization of all articles of the Revista Peruana de Ginecología y Obstetricia in the Open Journal System since 1955.