The impact of primary postpartum hemorrhage in "near-miss" morbidity and mortality in a tertiary care hospital in North India

Indian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 233-240

  Kaul, Virochana ^b   Bagga, Rashmi ^a   Jain, Vanita ^a   Gopalan, Sarala ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b Kasturba Medical College International Center   (India)

Author keywords

"Near miss" morbidity; Maternal mortality; Primary postpartum hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; OBSTETRIC CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 33745602470     PISSN: 00195359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5359.25905     Document Type: Article

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