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cord-289806-6ihptx6n	Martinez, Rebecca	Critical Obstetric Patients During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic: Operationalizing an Obstetric Intensive Care Unit	2020-10-07		.txt	text/plain	3186	155	39	The pandemic brought near-complete cessation of nonurgent hospital activities with the rapid expansion of critical care services, with the notable exception of the labor and delivery unit (LDU), which continued to have a full complement of patients presenting for obstetric care. By the time the obstetric ICU (OBICU) was fully operational (end of March), the volume demand was mildly curtailed by some patients electing to leave NYC; however, interinstitutional transfers for maternal or fetal indications provided steady demands for care, with fluctuations occurring week by week. However, a key difference is that the critical care attendings (ICU oversight) are not ultimately responsible for patient care decisions and provide ad hoc consultations if deemed needed by the obstetric anesthesia attending. Daily online lectures by the Internal Medicine or Anesthesia departments review critical care topics that are both general in nature and specific to SARS-CoV-2 infection; these lectures while targeted at residents were available to all members of the OBICU team.	./cache/cord-289806-6ihptx6n.txt	./txt/cord-289806-6ihptx6n.txt