Care during the third stage of labour: Obstetricians views and practice in an Albanian maternity hospital

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Bimbashi, Astrit ^a   Ndoni, Eriseida ^a   Dokle, Anika ^a   Duley, Lelia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CENTER MOTHER TERESA   (Albania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

UTERUS SPASMOLYTIC AGENT; OXYTOCIC AGENT;

ADULT; ALBANIA; ARTERY CLAMP; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LABOR MANAGEMENT; LABOR STAGE 3; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSTETRIC CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESUSCITATION; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UMBILICAL CORD; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DELIVERY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL; LIGATION; MEDICAL STAFF; METHODOLOGY; OBSTETRICS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; TIME; TRACTION THERAPY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ALBANIA; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONSTRICTION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALS, MATERNITY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; LABOR STAGE, THIRD; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; OBSTETRICS; OXYTOCICS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; TRACTION; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 77349089298     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-10-4     Document Type: Article

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