Severe acute maternal morbidity in high-income countries

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 297-304

  van Roosmalen, Jos ^a,b   Zwart, Joost ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

caesarean section; eclampsia; ethnicity; high income countries; major obstetric haemorrhage; maternal mortality; obstetric intensive care; severe acute maternal morbidity

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNICITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCOME; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL AUDIT; OBSTETRIC CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKILL;

DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MORBIDITY; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 67349260431     PISSN: 15216934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2009.01.004     Document Type: Article

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