Trends in postpartum hemorrhage in high resource countries: A review and recommendations from the international postpartum hemorrhage collaborative group

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Knight, Marian ^a   Callaghan, William M ^b   Berg, Cynthia ^b   Alexander, Sophie ^c   Bouvier Colle, Marie Helene ^d   Ford, Jane B ^e   Joseph, KS ^f,k   Lewis, Gwyneth ^a,g   Liston, Robert M ^h   Roberts, Christine L ^e   Oats, Jeremy ⁱ   Walker, James ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^d INSERM   (France)

^e ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g Department of Health ^*  (United Kingdom)

^h CHILDREN S AND WOMEN S HEALTH CENTRE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

ⁱ ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^j ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^k UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BELGIUM; CANADA; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FRANCE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLACENTA PREVIA; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK FACTOR; SOLUTIO PLACENTAE; TREND STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; UTERINE ATONY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; OBSTETRICS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; PUERPERIUM; REVIEW; STATISTICS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AUSTRALIA; CANADA; FEMALE; FRANCE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL RECORDS; OBSTETRICS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 71949121692     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-9-55     Document Type: Article

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