Lessons learned from maternal deaths at an East African health center

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 459-461

  Zeck, Willibald ^a   Kelters, Ingrid ^a   Lang, Uwe ^a   Petru, Edgar ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

East Africa; Maternal mortality ratio; Maternal obstetric deaths; Obstetric complications; Women's education

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; HEPARIN; INFUSION FLUID; QUININE;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; BRAIN MALARIA; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMA; CONVULSION; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPOVOLEMIC SHOCK; HYSTERECTOMY; KIDNEY FAILURE; LABOR; LAPAROTOMY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALARIA; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PERITONITIS; PNEUMONIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SEXUAL EDUCATION; TANZANIA; VEIN THROMBOSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA, EASTERN; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL-CHILD HEALTH CENTERS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREGNANCY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33845290256     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: 16193997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPM.2006.090     Document Type: Article

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