Eclampsia: Ten-years of experience in a rural tertiary hospital in the Niger delta, Nigeria

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 414-417

  Igberase, G ^a,c   Ebeigbe, P ^b  

^a Baptist Medical Centre   (Nigeria)

^b DELTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^c NONE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONVULSION; DEATH; DELIVERY; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; ECLAMPSIA; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FETUS OUTCOME; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIGERIA; NULLIPARA; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEIZURE; SYMPTOM; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TRAINING;

ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; NIGERIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE;

EID: 33746452555     PISSN: 01443615     EISSN: 13646893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443610600720113     Document Type: Article

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