Common peripartum emergencies

American Family Physician

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1593-1604

  Morrison, Elizabeth H ^a  

^a LONG BEACH MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDRALAZINE; LABETALOL; MAGNESIUM SULFATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY; DYSTOCIA; ECLAMPSIA; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FETUS; FETUS DISTRESS; FETUS HEART; HUMAN; OBSTETRIC HEMORRHAGE; VAGINA BLEEDING;

ALGORITHMS; DECISION TREES; ECLAMPSIA; EMERGENCIES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; FETAL DISTRESS; HUMANS; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 0032213019     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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