Sustainable scale-up of active management of the third stage of labor for prevention of postpartum hemorrhage in Ecuador

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 278-282

  Hermida, Jorge ^a   Salas, Bernarda ^a   Sloan, Nancy L ^a  

^a United States Agency for International Development Georgia Tuberculosis Prevention Project   (United States)

Author keywords

Active management of the third stage of labor; Maternal mortality; Oxytocin; Postpartum hemorrhage; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

ARTICLE; ECUADOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LABOR; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84860513114     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: 18793479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2012.01.017     Document Type: Article

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