Postpartum haemorrhage: A cause of maternal morbidity

Journal of the Indian Medical Association

Volumn 108, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 663-666

  Shirazee, Hasibul Hasan ^a   Saha, Sudip Kr ^a   Das, Indrani ^a   Mondal, Tanmoy ^a   Samanta, Sandip ^a,b   Sarkar, Moloy ^a,c  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

^b India   (India)

^c Midnapore Medical College and Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

Emergency obstetric care (EMOC); Maternal morbidity; Postpartum haemorrhage (PPH)

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ECLAMPSIA; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GENITAL INJURY; HEART FAILURE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; LABOR STAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; SEPSIS; SHOCK; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; URINE RETENTION; UTERINE ATONY; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 79952428939     PISSN: 00195847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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