Near miss maternal morbidity and maternal mortality at Kathmandu Medical College Teaching Hospital

Kathmandu University Medical Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 30, 2010, Pages 222-226

  Shrestha, N S ^a   Saha, R ^a   Karki, C ^a  

^a KATHMANDU MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Five factor scoring system; Maternal mortality; Near miss obstetric morbidity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNION FLUID EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DELIVERY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DYSTOCIA; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; HEPATITIS E; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NEPAL; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 78249290516     PISSN: 18122027     EISSN: 18122078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3126/kumj.v8i2.3563     Document Type: Article

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