Caesarean section among referred and self-referred birthing women: A cohort study from a tertiary hospital, northeastern Tanzania

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Sørbye, Ingvil K ^a   Vangen, Siri ^a,b   Oneko, Olola ^c   Sundby, Johanne ^d   Bergsjø, Per ^b  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^c KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL CENTRE   (Tanzania)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BREECH PRESENTATION; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILDBIRTH; CLASSIFICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MONITORING; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OBSTETRIC CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREMATURITY; REGISTER; TANZANIA; TEN GROUP CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM FOR CESAREAN SECTION DELIVERIES; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 79960656914     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-11-55     Document Type: Article

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