Postpartum hemorrhage: A prospective, comparative study in Angola using a new disposable device for oxytocin administration

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 260-265

  Strand, Roland T ^a   Da Silva, Florinda ^b   Jangsten, Elisabeth ^c   Bergström, Staffan ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Maternidade (Matern) Lucrecia Paim   (Angola)

^c SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Angola; Oxytocin; Postpartum hemorrhage; Puerperium; Third stage of labor

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

ACUTE DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ADULT; ANGOLA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LABOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STUDENT T TEST; SYRINGE;

ANGOLA; BEDS; BIRTH WEIGHT; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; DRUG CONTAMINATION; DRUG PACKAGING; EPISIOTOMY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; LABOR STAGE, THIRD; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; OXYTOCIN; PARITY; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYRINGES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 14744298495     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0001-6349.2005.00579.x     Document Type: Article

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