Perinatal death audits in a peri-urban hospital in Kampala, Uganda

African Health Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 435-442

  Nakibuuka, V K ^a   Okong, P ^a   Waiswa, P ^b,c   Byaruhanga, R N ^a  

^a Nsambya Hospital   (Uganda)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Audits; Perinatal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; ECLAMPSIA; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FRESH STILLBIRTH; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFANT; MACERATED STILLBIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MEDICAL AUDIT; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN RESUSCITATION; PARTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION; PERINATAL ASPHYXIA; PERINATAL CARE; PERINATAL DEATH; PERINATAL MORTALITY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; STAFF TRAINING; STILLBIRTH; THERAPY DELAY; UGANDA;

AUDITS; PERINATAL;

ADULT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITALS, VOLUNTARY; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MEDICAL AUDIT; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PERINATAL CARE; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STILLBIRTH; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873253931     PISSN: 16806905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/ahs.v12i4.6     Document Type: Review

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