Individual and institutional determinants of caesarean section in referral hospitals in Senegal and Mali: A cross-sectional epidemiological survey

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Briand, Valérie ^a,b,c   Dumont, Alexandre ^a,b,c   Abrahamowicz, Michal ^d   Traore, Mamadou ^e   Watier, Laurence ^f,g,h   Fournier, Pierre ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e Referral Health Center of the Commune V   (Mali)

^f National Institute for Medical Research U657   (France)

^g INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^h University Versailles Saint Quentin UVSQ   (France)

ⁱ CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Africa; Caesarean section; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

ADULT; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CEPHALOPELVIC DISPROPORTION; CESAREAN SECTION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INTRAPARTUM CARE; LABOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALI; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; RISK FACTOR; SENEGAL; VAGINA BLEEDING; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALI; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS; SENEGAL; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 84867638110     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-12-114     Document Type: Article

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