Maternal mortality: An autopsy audit

Journal of Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 12-16

  Jashnani, K ^a   Rupani, A ^a   Wani, R ^a  

^a BYL NAIR CHARITABLE HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Audit; Maternal autopsy; Maternal mortality rate

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN MALARIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVE BIRTH; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MENINGITIS; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PUERPERAL INFECTION; SAGITTAL SINUS THROMBOSIS; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; UTERUS RUPTURE; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL AUDIT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 61649092617     PISSN: 00223859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0022-3859.48435     Document Type: Article

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