Maternal near-miss among women with a migrant background in Germany

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 824-829

  Reime, Birgit ^a   Janssen, Patricia A ^b   Farris, Lily ^c   Borde, Theda ^d   Hellmers, Claudia ^e   Myezwa, Hellen ^f   Wenzlaff, Paul ^g  

^a BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d ALICE SALOMON UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^g Centre of Quality Management   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cohort analysis; Geographic location; Germany; Maternal morbidity; Migrants

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIA; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; BLEEDING; CHI SQUARE TEST; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INFERTILITY; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNITY WARD; MIGRATION; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SEPSIS; SMOKING;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MATERNAL AGE; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONS; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS; SMOKING; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 84862900748     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0412.2012.01390.x     Document Type: Article

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