Emergency department use during the postpartum period: implications for current management of the puerperium

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 203, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 38.e1-38.e6

  Clark, Steven L ^a   Belfort, Michael A ^a   Dildy, Gary A ^a   Englebright, Jane ^a   Meints, Laura ^a   Meyers, Janet A ^a   Frye, Donna K ^a   Perlin, Jonathan A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CORPORATION OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

emergency department; postpartum period; puerperium

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 77953917481     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2010.02.033     Document Type: Article

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