Prolonged labour as indication for emergency caesarean section: A quality assurance analysis by criterion-based audit at two Tanzanian rural hospitals

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 605-613

  Maaloe N ^a   Sorensen, B L ^b   Onesmo, R ^c   Secher, N J ^d   Bygbjerg, I C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b ROSKILDE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c Sekou Toure Regional Hospital   (Tanzania)

^d Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Caesarean section; criterion based audit; developing country; oxytocin; prolonged labour; vacuum extraction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LABOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLONGED LABOR; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; TANZANIA; UTERINE CERVIX; VACUUM EXTRACTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDWIFERY; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858441750     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2012.03284.x     Document Type: Review

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