Hospital data reporting on postpartum hemorrhage: Under-estimates recurrence and over-estimates the contribution of uterine atony

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1542-1548

  Ford, Jane B ^a,b   Algert, Charles S ^a   Kok, Cindy ^a   Choy, Melinda A ^a   Roberts, Christine L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Postpartum hemorrhage; Recurrence; Uterine atony; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DELIVERY; DYSTOCIA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RECURRENT DISEASE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ADULT; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORDS; NEW SOUTH WALES; PATIENT DISCHARGE; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RECURRENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UTERINE INERTIA;

EID: 84871709296     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-011-0919-1     Document Type: Article

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