Impact of ALSO training on the management of prolonged labor and neonatal care at Kagera Regional Hospital, Tanzania

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 8-12

  Sorensen, Bjarke Lund ^a   Rasch, Vibeke ^a,b   Massawe, Siriel ^c   Nyakina, Juma ^d   Elsass, Peter ^e   Nielsen, Birgitte Bruun ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^d Kagera Regional Hospital   (Tanzania)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^f AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics (ALSO); Clinical skills training; Emergency obstetric and neonatal care; Maternal mortality; Neonatal care; Prolonged labor; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILDBIRTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR; LONG TERM CARE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NEWBORN CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; TANZANIA;

EID: 77956429862     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2010.04.031     Document Type: Article

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