Uterine rupture: Preventable obstetric tragedies?

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 541-545

  Mishra, Sangeeta K ^a   Morris, Norman ^a   Uprety, Dhruba Kumar ^a  

^a BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences ^*  (Nepal)

Author keywords

Emergency obstetric care; Maternal mortality; Obstructed labour; Peripartum hysterectomy; Uterine rupture

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSTOCIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOME DELIVERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTENSIVE CARE; LABOR MANAGEMENT; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANAGED CARE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNITY WARD; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEPAL; OBSTETRIC CARE; OBSTETRIC EMERGENCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKILL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STILLBIRTH; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE; UTERUS RUPTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTERINE RUPTURE;

EID: 33751120149     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2006.00665.x     Document Type: Article

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