Štrbová, Diana https://orcid.org/0009-0006-8069-2781
Vargová, Mária https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5136-9869
Adamec, Adam https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2401-6811
Krištúfková, Alexandra https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1216-0824
Kotríková, Dominika https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3347-0151
McCullough, Liam https://orcid.org/0009-0002-9237-7472
Gabal, Rebeka https://orcid.org/0009-0001-2417-0915
Nižňanská, Zuzana https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0755-1959
Daniš, Jakub https://orcid.org/0009-0004-4952-9658
Korbeľ, Miroslav https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5773-2371
Funding for this research was provided by:
Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave (Grant for Young Scientists (UK/184/2022))
Comenius University in Bratislava
Article History
Received: 21 January 2026
Revised: 22 February 2026
Accepted: 25 February 2026
First Online: 7 March 2026
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: An analysis of ICU maternal admission (as part of project on severe acute maternal morbidity surveillance) was performed in accordance with ethical standards and with the consent of the Chief expert for Gynaecology & Obstetrics of the Ministry of Health Slovak Republic, aiming to improve maternal mortality in Slovakia. We confirm that all published data have been anonymized in accordance with ethical standards. One of the authors (Alexandra Kristufkova) is a Member of the Editorial Board of the Bratislava Medical Journal, but she declares that she did not influence the course of the anonymous and rigorous peer-review process.
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