Postpartum care: we can and should do better

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 202, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-4

  Thung, Stephen F ^a   Norwitz, Errol R ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST ENGORGEMENT; CELLULITIS; CESAREAN SECTION; CONSTIPATION; EDITORIAL; ENDOMETRITIS; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; MATERNAL CARE; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; POSTPARTUM PAIN; POSTPARTUM THYROIDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; PUERPERAL INFECTION; PUERPERIUM; RHESUS ISOIMMUNIZATION; RUBELLA; SEPSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE RETENTION; VAGINA BLEEDING; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

FEMALE; HUMANS; POSTNATAL CARE; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 72149100154     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2009.08.028     Document Type: Editorial

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