Perimortem Cesarean Delivery: Its Role in Maternal Mortality

Seminars in Perinatology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 68-72

  Katz, Vern L ^a,b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Maternal mortality; Perimortem cesarean

Indexed keywords

ANOXIA; BLEEDING; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN PERFUSION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CESAREAN SECTION; DEHYDRATION; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART OUTPUT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICATION ERROR; OBSTETRICS; PERIMORTEM CESAREAN DELIVERY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SEPSIS;

CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL-CHILD HEALTH CENTERS; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84856139523     PISSN: 01460005     EISSN: 1558075X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semperi.2011.09.013     Document Type: Review

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