Trends in maternal mortality at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Nigeria, 1999-2009

International Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 249-254

  Agan, Tu ^a   Archibong, E I ^a   Ekabua, J E ^a   Ekanem, E I ^a   Abeshi, S E ^a   Edentekhe, T A ^a   Bassey, E E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Maternal mortality; Nigeria; Trends

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANEMIA; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; ECLAMPSIA; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEPATITIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERTENSION; JAUNDICE; LABOR COMPLICATION; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; NIGERIA; OBSTETRIC HEMORRHAGE; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREECLAMPSIA; PRENATAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SEPSIS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; THERAPY DELAY; TREATMENT REFUSAL; TREND STUDY; UTERUS RUPTURE;

EID: 77955525432     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11791411     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2147/ijwh.s11971     Document Type: Article

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