Uterotonic use at home births in low-income countries: A literature review

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 269-275

  Flandermeyer, Dawn ^a   Stanton, Cynthia ^b   Armbruster, Deborah ^c  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c PATH   (United States)

Author keywords

Home birth; Labor augmentation; Misoprostol; Oxytocin; Postpartum hemorrhage; Uterotonics

Indexed keywords

ERGOMETRINE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; METHYLERGOMETRINE MALEATE; MISOPROSTOL; OXYTOCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UTEROTONIC AGENT; VALETHAMATE BROMIDE;

ARTICLE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CINAHL; DRUG USE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMBASE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LABOR INDUCTION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; NONMEDICAL OCCUPATIONS; PATIENT SAFETY; PLACENTAL DELIVERY; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SOCIOLOGY; SOUTH ASIA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 76049088527     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2009.12.001     Document Type: Article

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