Practices for prevention, diagnosis and management of postpartum haemorrhage: Impact of a regional multifaceted intervention

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 116, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1325-1333

  Audureau, E ^a   Deneux Tharaux, C ^a,c   Lefevre P ^b   Brucato, S ^b   Morello, R ^b   Dreyfus, M ^b   Bouvier Colle, M H ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b CAEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c HÔPITAL TENON   (France)

Author keywords

Clinical guidelines; Educational intervention; Evaluation of practices; Maternal health; Postpartum haemorrhage

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; SULPROSTONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; FEMALE; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ABORTIFACIENT AGENTS, NONSTEROIDAL; ADULT; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DINOPROSTONE; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, MATERNITY; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; OXYTOCICS; OXYTOCIN; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 68849105520     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2009.02238.x     Document Type: Article

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