Maternal haemoglobin level at booking visit and its effect on adverse pregnancy outcome

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 423-427

  Abeysena, Chrishantha ^a   Jayawardana, Pushpa ^a   De A Seneviratne, Rohini ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KELANIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Eclampsia; Haemoglobin; Low birth weight; Preterm

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; DELIVERY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIABILITY; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SRI LANKA;

ADULT; ANEMIA; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SRI LANKA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650200788     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2010.01220.x     Document Type: Article

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