Uses and misuse of blood transfusion in obstetrics in Lagos, Nigeria

West African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 124-127

  Anorlu, R I ^a   Orakwe, C O ^a   Abudu, O O ^a   Akanmu, A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Blood; Misuse; Obstetrics; Transfusion; Uses

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ANTEPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD VOLUME; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORCEPS DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; LABOR INDUCTION; LACERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDICAL RECORD; NIGERIA; OBSTETRICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UTERUS RUPTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LABOR, INDUCED; MALARIA; NIGERIA; OBSTETRICS; PARITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE; UTERINE RUPTURE;

EID: 0142091767     PISSN: 0189160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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