Emergency obstetric care in developing countries: Impact of guidelines implementation in a community hospital in Senegal

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 112, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1264-1269

  Dumont, Alexandre ^a   Gaye, Alioune ^b   Mahé, Patricia ^c   Bouvier Colle, Marie Hélène ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b Centre De Santé Roi Baudouin   (Senegal)

^c National Institute of Health and Medical Research ^*

^d INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; OXYTOCIN; PROSTAGLANDIN;

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EMERGENCY CARE; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LABOR INDUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD; OBSTETRIC CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SENEGAL; STAFF TRAINING; ADULT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARITY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL CARE; STANDARD;

ADULT; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PREGNANCY-INDUCED; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PRENATAL CARE; SENEGAL;

EID: 25144450935     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2005.00604.x     Document Type: Article

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