Caesarean section in Malawi: Prospective study of early maternal and perinatal mortality

British Medical Journal

Volumn 327, Issue 7415, 2003, Pages 587-590

  Fenton, Paul M ^c   Whitty, Christopher J M ^a   Reynolds, Felicity ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CESAREAN SECTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FIRST AID; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LABOR COMPLICATION; MALAWI; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SURGICAL MORTALITY; UTERUS RUPTURE;

CESAREAN SECTION; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALAWI; MATERNAL MORTALITY; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0141836172     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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