A Comparison of Excessive Postpartum Blood Loss Estimates Among Three Subgroups of Women Attending Births in Matlab, Bangladesh

Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 378-382

  Edmonds, Joyce K ^a   Hruschka, Daniel ^a   Sibley, Lynn M ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Blood loss; Childbirth; Maternal mortality; Postpartum hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOCHBERG TEST; HUMAN; KRUSKAL WALLIS TEST; LAYWOMEN; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NAMED GROUPS OF PERSONS; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKILLED BIRTH ATTENDANT; STANDARDIZATION; TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANT; TREATMENT INDICATION; ADOLESCENT; COMMUNITY CARE; HOME DELIVERY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MIDWIFE; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; RURAL POPULATION; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BANGLADESH; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HUMANS; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MIDWIFERY; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; RURAL POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953988208     PISSN: 15269523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmwh.2009.08.003     Document Type: Article

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