Active management of the third stage of labour without controlled cord traction: A randomized non-inferiority controlled trial

Reproductive Health

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Gülmezoglu, A Metin ^a   Widmer, Mariana ^a   Merialdi, Mario ^a   Qureshi, Zahida ^b   Piaggio, Gilda ^a   Elbourne, Diana ^c   Abdel Aleem, Hany ^d   Carroli, Guillermo ^e   Hofmeyr, G Justus ^f   Lumbiganon, Pisake ^g   Derman, Richard ^h   Okong, Pius ⁱ   Goudar, Shivaprasad ^j   Festin, Mario ^k   Althabe, Fernando ^l   Armbruster, Deborah ^m  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d ASSIUT UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^e Centro Rosarino de Estudios Perinatales   (Argentina)

^f UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^g KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

ⁱ St Francis Hospital Uganda   (Uganda)

^j JAWAHARLAL NEHRU MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^k PHILIPPINE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Philippines)

^l Department of Mother and Child's Health Research ^*  (Argentina)

^m Program for Appropriate Technology in Health PATH   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CORD TRACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR STAGE 3; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UMBILICAL CORD; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 61449196044     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17424755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-4755-6-2     Document Type: Article

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