Changing trends in the management of eclampsia from a teaching hospital

Journal of the Indian Medical Association

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 132-135

  Kamilya, Gourisankar ^a   Bhattacharyya, Subir Kumar ^a   Mukherji, Joydev ^a  

^a R G KAR MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Caesarean section; Eclampsia; General anaesthesia; Maternal mortality; Perinatal mortality

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECLAMPSIA; FATALITY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREMATURITY; PUERPERIUM; SALVAGE THERAPY; STATISTICS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; INDIA; INFANT MORTALITY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; PREGNANCY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANTICONVULSANTS; CESAREAN SECTION; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 26944474493     PISSN: 00195847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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