Primary repair of obstetric uterine rupture can be safely undertaken by non-specialist clinicians in rural Ethiopia: A case series of 386 women

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 505-508

  Alemayehu, W ^a   Ballard, K ^b   Wright, J ^a,b  

^a Gimbie Adventist Hospital   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY; ETHIOPIA; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL CARE; OPERATION DURATION; PELVIS ABSCESS; PHYSICIAN; PRENATAL CARE; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SEPSIS; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THERAPY DELAY; URINOMA; UTERUS RUPTURE;

ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; OBSTETRICS; PATIENT SAFETY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL HEALTH; UTERINE RUPTURE;

EID: 84873727327     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.12098     Document Type: Article

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