Charting change on the labour ward

Anaesthesia

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 338-342

  McGlennan, A P ^a   Sherratt, K ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARLY WARNING SIGN; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LABOR; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORTALITY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OBSTETRICS; PREECLAMPSIA; PUBLISHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARD;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICAL AUDIT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; VITAL SIGNS;

EID: 84875197979     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/anae.12189     Document Type: Review

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