Surgical management of severe postpartum haemorrhage

Current Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 101-105

  Arulkumaran, S ^a   De Cruze, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOPROST; ERGOMETRINE; OXYTOCIC AGENT; PROSTAGLANDIN; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA;

ARTERY LIGATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; ILIAC ARTERY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LABOR; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MORBIDITY; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; SHORT SURVEY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0032766874     PISSN: 09575847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0957-5847(99)90008-2     Document Type: Article

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