Trends in Concurrent Maternal and Perinatal Deaths at a Teaching Hospital in Ghana: The Facts and Prevention Strategies

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 799-804

  T Lassey, Anyetei ^a   Obed, Sam A ^a  

^a KORLE BU TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Concurrent review; Developing countries; Ghana; Infant mortality; Maternal mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GHANA; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL DEATH; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; PARITY; PERINATAL DEATH; PERINATAL MORTALITY; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; SOLUTIO PLACENTAE; STILLBIRTH; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TREND STUDY; UTERUS RUPTURE; ADOLESCENT; INFANT MORTALITY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; GHANA; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 21644456947     PISSN: 17012163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1701-2163(16)30151-7     Document Type: Article

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