Priorities in emergency obstetric care in Bolivia - Maternal mortality and near-miss morbidity in metropolitan la Paz

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 116, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1210-1217

  Roost M ^a   Altamirano, V C ^b   Liljestrand, J ^c   Essen B ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bolivia; Maternal mortality; Near miss; Severe maternal morbidity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BOLIVIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECLAMPSIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HELLP SYNDROME; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LABOR COMPLICATION; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL DISEASE; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MORBIDITY; OBSTETRIC CARE; PARITY; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREECLAMPSIA; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEPSIS; URBAN AREA; UTERUS RUPTURE;

ADULT; BOLIVIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, MATERNITY; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 68249158007     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2009.02209.x     Document Type: Article

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