The Collaborative Randomised Amnioinfusion for Meconium Project (CRAMP): 1. South Africa

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 304-308

  Hofmeyr, G J ^a   Gulmezoglu A M ^a   Buchmann, E ^a   Howarth, G R ^b   Shaw, A ^b   Nikodem, V C ^a   Cronje, H ^c   de Jager, M ^a   Mahomed, K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNIOINFUSION; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MECONIUM ASPIRATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSTETRICS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CESAREAN SECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; DELIVERY; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; FETAL DEATH; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICES; MEDICINE; MORTALITY; OBSTETRICAL SURGERY; OBSTETRICS; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOMES; REPRODUCTION; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; STUDIES; SURGERY; TREATMENT;

AMNION; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MECONIUM; MECONIUM ASPIRATION SYNDROME; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0031914284     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1998.tb10091.x     Document Type: Article

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