Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics (ALSO) and post-partum hemorrhage: A prospective intervention study in Tanzania

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 609-614

  Sorensen, Bjarke Lund ^a   Rasch, Vibeke ^a,b   Massawe, Siriel ^c   Nyakina, Juma ^d   Elsass, Peter ^e   Nielsen, Birgitte Bruun ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^d Kagera Regional Hospital   (Tanzania)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^f AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

education; emergency; maternal morbidity; Maternal mortality; obstetric care

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT IN OBSTETRICS; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; OBSTETRIC CARE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAFF TRAINING; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TANZANIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSERVICE TRAINING; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MASSAGE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OXYTOCIN; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TANZANIA; UTERUS;

EID: 79956215973     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0412.2011.01115.x     Document Type: Article

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