A criterion-based obstetric morbidity audit in southern Thailand

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 166-171

  Liabsuetrakul, Tippawan ^a   Promvijit, Thadpong ^b   Pattanapisalsak, Chaiwat ^c   Silalai, Sorawasa ^d   Ampawa, Theeradet ^e  

^a PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Songkhla Hospital   (Thailand)

^c Su ngi Kolok Hospital   (Thailand)

^d Pattani Hospital   (Thailand)

^e Yala Hospital   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Obstetric care; Obstructed labor; Postpartum hemorrhage; Severe pre eclampsia; Southern Thailand

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOCUMENT EXAMINATION; DYSTOCIA; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD; TENDON REFLEX; THAILAND; URINE VOLUME;

EID: 53349169242     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2008.06.016     Document Type: Article

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