Postpartum curettage: An audit of 200 cases

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 368-371

  Pather, Selvan ^a,b   Ford, Monica ^a   Reid, Rosemary ^a   Sykes, Peter ^a  

^a CHRISTCHURCH WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Postpartum curettage; Retained products of conception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURETTAGE; DELIVERY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MORBIDITY; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COHORT STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DILATATION AND CURETTAGE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS, MATERNITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MATERNAL AGE; MEDICAL AUDIT; NEW ZEALAND; PARITY; PELVIC INFECTION; PELVIC PAIN; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 29244469082     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2005.00445.x     Document Type: Article

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