Characteristics of antepartum and intrapartum eclampsia in the National Maternal and Child Health Center in Cambodia

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 74-79

  Koum, Kanal ^a   Hy, Soryaphea ^a   Tiv, Say ^a   Sieng, Tharith ^a   Obara, Hiromi ^b,c   Matsui, Mitsuaki ^d   Fujita, Noriko ^b,d  

^a National Maternal and Child Health Center   (Cambodia)

^b JAPAN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^c JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antenatal care; Cambodia; Case fatality rate; Eclampsia; Essential obstetric care; Magnesium sulfate; Maternal mortality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAMBODIA; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DELIVERY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECLAMPSIA; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREECLAMPSIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; STILLBIRTH; TWIN PREGNANCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CAMBODIA; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TWINS;

EID: 1942518297     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2003.00161.x     Document Type: Article

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