Beyond maternal mortality: Obstetric hemorrhage in a Malawian district

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 90, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1423-1427

  Beltman, Jogchum ^a,b   Van Den Akker, Thomas ^a,c   Van Lonkhuijzen, Luc ^d   Schmidt, Aniek ^d   Chidakwani, Richard ^a   Van Roosmalen, Jos ^b,c  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malawi)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Malawi; maternal morbidity; maternal mortality; Obstetric hemorrhage; substandard care

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; UTEROTONIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTEPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DELIVERY; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MATERNAL MORTALITY; OBSTETRIC CARE; OBSTETRIC HEMORRHAGE; OBSTETRIC PATIENT; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETAINED PLACENTA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UTERUS RUPTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; MALAWI; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PRENATAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STANDARD OF CARE; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81355123256     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0412.2011.01219.x     Document Type: Article

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