Saving mother's lives: Programs that work

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 224-236

  Fortney, Judith A ^a   Leong, Madeline ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Complication avoidance; Maternal mortality; Mortality reduction; Pregnancy prevention

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; DIAZEPAM; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; MISOPROSTOL; OXYTOCIN; UTEROTONIC AGENT;

ABORTION; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY; CONTRACEPTION; COUNSELING; DELIVERY; ECLAMPSIA; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FAMILY PLANNING; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFECTION; LABOR; LABOR COMPLICATION; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; META ANALYSIS; MOTHER; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PUERPERAL FEVER; RANDOMIZATION; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REVIEW; SAFETY; SEPSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNWANTED PREGNANCY; VAGINAL DELIVERY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ABORTION, INDUCED; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY, UNWANTED; PUBLIC HEALTH; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 67650796359     PISSN: 00099201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GRF.0b013e3181a4bddb     Document Type: Review

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