Maternal mortality after cesarean section in The Netherlands

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 332-334

  Schuitemaker, Nico ^a,b   Van Roosmalen, Jos ^a   Dekker, Guus ^c   Van Dongen, Pieter ^d   Van Geijn, Herman ^c   Gravenhorst, Jack Bennebroek ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Dept of Obstetrics and Gynaecology ^*  (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cesarean section related mortality; Confidential enquiry; Maternal mortality; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY RUPTURE; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INFECTION COMPLICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; PARALYTIC ILEUS; PERITONITIS; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; THROMBOSIS; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 0030962521     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0412.1997.tb07987.x     Document Type: Article

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