Management of incomplete abortion in South African public hospitals

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 371-377

  Brown, H C ^a,c   Jewkes, R ^b   Levin, J ^b   Dickson Tetteh, K ^a   Rees, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MISOPROSTOL;

ABORTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; IMMINENT ABORTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MIDWIFE; MISSED ABORTION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT INFORMATION; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RANDOMIZATION; SEDATION; SOUTH AFRICA; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; VACUUM ASPIRATION;

EID: 0347928855     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-0528.2003.t01-1-02036.x     Document Type: Article

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