Effect of cleansing the birth canal with antiseptic solution on maternal and newborn morbidity and mortality in Malawi: Clinical trial

British Medical Journal

Volumn 315, Issue 7102, 1997, Pages 216-219

  Taha, Taha E ^a   Biggar, Robert J ^b   Broadhead, Robin L ^c,d   Mtimavalye, Laban A R ^c,e   Justesen, Aafke B ^c   Liomba, George N ^c,d   Chiphangwi, John D ^c,e   Miotti, Paolo G ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^d Department of Paediatrics ^*

^e DEPARTMENT OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CHLORHEXIDINE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DELIVERY; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; DRUG THERAPY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PERINATAL INFECTION; PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINA;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE FACTORS; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIALS; DELIVERY; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EASTERN AFRICA; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFECTIONS--PREVENTION AND CONTROL; MALAWI; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MORTALITY; MOTHERS; NEONATAL MORTALITY; PARENTS; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOMES; REPRODUCTION; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; YOUTH;

ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; CHLORHEXIDINE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; MALAWI; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; SEPSIS;

EID: 0030848317     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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