Obstetric near-miss cases among women admitted to intensive care units in Italy

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 452-457

  Donati, Serena ^a   Senatore, Sabrina ^a,b   Ronconi, Alessandra ^a   Basevi, Vittorio ^c   Casotto, Veronica ^c   Cernigliaro, Achille ^c   Dardanoni, Gabriella ^c   De Nisi, Martina ^c   Di Lallo, Domenico ^c   Dubini, Valeria ^c   Lupi, Camilla ^c   Mondo, Luisa ^c   Piffer, Silvano ^c   Pizzuti, Renato ^c   Polo, Ari Anna ^c   Rusciani, Raffaella ^c   Santoro, Michele ^c   Saporito, Maurizio ^c   Spettoli, Daniela ^c   Verdini, Eleonora ^c  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Intensive care units; maternal mortality; near miss; pregnancy; severe maternal morbidity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CESAREAN SECTION; CORONARY CARE UNIT; DELIVERY; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYSTERECTOMY; IMMIGRANT; INDUCED ABORTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ITALY; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OBSTETRIC HEMORRHAGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLACENTA PREVIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RETAINED PLACENTA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SOLUTIO PLACENTAE; STILLBIRTH; UTERUS RUPTURE;

EID: 84858758728     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0412.2012.01352.x     Document Type: Article

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