Can a low-resource-use blood pressure device impact on global maternal mortality?

Hypertension in Pregnancy

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 359-363

  Baker, Elinor Chloe ^a   Van Der Westhuizen, Andrew ^a   Duhig, Kate E ^a   Shennan, Andrew ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Automated blood pressure device; Blood pressure measurement; Hypertension; Low resource setting; Preeclampsia

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CESAREAN SECTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DEVICE; ECLAMPSIA; HUMAN; MATERNAL MORTALITY; OBSTETRIC CARE; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; REVIEW;

BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PREGNANCY-INDUCED; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 79960156143     PISSN: 10641955     EISSN: 15256065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10641950903026532     Document Type: Review

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