Feto-maternal haemorrhage in parturients: Incidence and its determinants

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 60-63

  Adeniji, A O ^a   Mabayoje, V O ^a   Raji, A A ^a   Muhibi, M A ^a   Tijani, A A ^a   Adeyemi, A S ^a  

^a LADOKE AKINTOLA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Feto maternal haemorrhage; Kleihauer test; RhD factor; Transplacental haemorrhage

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN D ANTIBODY; RHESUS D ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD GROUP; CESAREAN SECTION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROPHORESIS; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; FETUS BLOOD; FETUS CELL; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CENTER; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFORMED CONSENT; LABOR; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIPARA; NEWBORN; NIGERIA; PARITY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

ADULT; FEMALE; FETAL HEMOGLOBIN; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; NIGERIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RH-HR BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM;

EID: 38949206372     PISSN: 01443615     EISSN: 13646893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443610701812181     Document Type: Article

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