Morbidity and mortality associated with pre-eclampsia at two tertiary care hospitals in Sri Lanka

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 56-62

  Dissanayake, Vajira H W ^a,b   Samarasinghe, Harshana D ^a   Morgan, Linda ^b   Jayasekara, Rohan W ^a   Seneviratne, Harshalal R ^a   Pipkin, Fiona Broughton ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Morbidity; Mortality; Phenotype; Pre eclampsia; Sinhalese; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DIALYSIS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; FETUS OUTCOME; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL CARE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NULLIPARA; PHENOTYPE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; PROTEINURIA; PUERPERIUM; SOLUTIO PLACENTAE; SRI LANKA; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL MORTALITY; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SRI LANKA;

EID: 33845877991     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: 14470756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2007.00475.x     Document Type: Article

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