Systematic review of the magnitude and case fatality ratio for severe maternal morbidity in sub-Saharan Africa between 1995 and 2010

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Kaye, Dan K ^a   Kakaire, Othman ^a   Osinde, Michael O ^b  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Uganda)

^b Jinja Regional Referral Hospital   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE FATALITY RATIO; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATALITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HYPOVOLEMIC SHOCK; INCIDENCE; LABOR COMPLICATION; LUNG EDEMA; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; PERITONITIS; PREVALENCE; SEPSIS; SOUTH AFRICA; UTERUS RUPTURE; VAGINA DISCHARGE; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 80053380844     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-11-65     Document Type: Article

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