Objective: to assess the sociodemographic and clinical profile of women in the pregnancy-puerperal cycle admitted to an Obstetric Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Method: this is a retrospective cohort study at the Assis Chateaubriand Maternity School/Fortaleza-CE. Results: puerperal women were predominant (78.5%), the most prevalent age range was 20-34 years (61.4%), cesarean delivery was more frequent (89.6%) hyper...