Increased incidence of adverse perinatal outcome with low maternal blood viscosity in preeclampsia

Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 127-131

  Pepple, D J ^a   Mullings, A M ^a   Reid, H L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Maternal blood viscosity; Perinatal outcome; Preeclampsia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD VISCOSITY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CESAREAN SECTION; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JAMAICA; MATERNAL BLOOD; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREECLAMPSIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEINURIA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APGAR SCORE; BLOOD VISCOSITY; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; FETAL DISTRESS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; JAMAICA; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

EID: 1642447866     PISSN: 13860291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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