Partogram use in the Dar es Salaam perinatal care study

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 37-40

  Nyamtema, A S ^a   Urassa, D P ^b   Massawe, S ^b   Massawe, A ^b   Lindmark, G ^c   van Roosmalen, J ^d,e  

^a Tanzanian Training Centre for International Health Ifakara   (Tanzania)

^b MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Partogram; Pregnancy outcome; Progress of labor parameters; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; DEVICE; DOCUMENTATION; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS OUTCOME; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LABOR; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICAL SERVICE; MIDWIFE; MONITORING; MOTHER; PARTOGRAM; PERINATAL CARE; PERINATAL DEATH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TANZANIA; TEMPERATURE; TRAINING; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION;

EID: 36849032294     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2007.06.049     Document Type: Article

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