Substandard care in maternal mortality due to hypertensive disease in pregnancy in the Netherlands

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 732-736

  Schutte, J M ^a   Schuitemaker, N W E ^b   Van Roosmalen, J ^c   Steegers, E A P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Diaconessen Hospital   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Hypertensive disease in pregnancy; Maternal mortality; Pre eclampsia; Safe motherhood; Substandard care

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; MAGNESIUM SULFATE;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DELIVERY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MIDWIFE; MIDWIFERY EDUCATION; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PREGNANCY-INDUCED; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MIDWIFERY; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PRENATAL CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 41949097670     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2008.01702.x     Document Type: Article

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