One year analysis of maternal deaths at Liaquat University Hospital Hyderabad

Journal of the Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 98-102

  Hassan, Nabila ^a   Srichand, Pushpa ^b   Zaheen, Zakia ^a  

^a Liaquat University Eye Hospital   (Pakistan)

^b LIAQUAT UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Hypertension; Maternal mortality; Obstetrical hemorrhage; Pregnancy; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MATERNAL MORTALITY; OBSTETRIC HEMORRHAGE; PAKISTAN; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 45249122443     PISSN: 17290341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22442/jlumhs.07630125     Document Type: Article

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