Trends in maternal mortality over 29 years in a Kuwait Tertiary Teaching Hospital: Signs of progress

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1557-1563

  Chibber, Rachana ^a,b   Al Hijji, Jassim ^b   Al Adwani, Abdul Razzak ^b   Rammah, Ahmed ^b   Fouda, Mohamed ^b   Al Saleh, Eyad ^a,b   Tasneem, M Asiya ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b Al Adan Tertiary Hospital   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Maternal mortality; Obstetric haemorrhage; Thromboembolism; Trends

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CAUSE OF DEATH; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; KUWAIT; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; OBSTETRIC HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREND STUDY; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; KUWAIT; LIVE BIRTH; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PARITY; PREGNANCY; RESEARCH REPORT; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84865523352     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2011.640373     Document Type: Article

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