Prospective audit of perinatal mortality among inborn babies in a tertiary health center in Lagos, Nigeria

Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 88-94

  Ekure, E N ^a   Ezeaka, V C ^a   Iroha, E ^a   Egri Okwaji, Mtc ^a  

^a LAGOS UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Early neonatal death; Perinatal mortality; Prospective; Risk factors; Stillbirth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MATERNAL AGE; MEDICAL AUDIT; NEWBORN; NIGERIA; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; STILLBIRTH; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL AGE; MEDICAL AUDIT; NIGERIA; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STILLBIRTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955419253     PISSN: 11193077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1119-3077.79271     Document Type: Article

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