Maternal mortality in Australia: Learning from maternal cardiac arrest

Nursing and Health Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 10-15

  Catling Paull, Christine ^a   Mcdonnell, Nolan ^c   Moores, Alison ^b   Homer, Caroline S E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Cesarean section; Education; Infant mortality; Maternal mortality; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; LEARNING; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MIDWIFE; NEWBORN; NURSING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RESUSCITATION; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEARNING; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MIDWIFERY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 79953021597     PISSN: 14410745     EISSN: 14422018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2018.2011.00578.x     Document Type: Article

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