The relationship between the use of the partograph and birth outcomes at Korle-Bu teaching hospital

Midwifery

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 461-467

  Gans Lartey, Florence ^a   O'Brien, Beverley A ^b   Gyekye, Faustina Oware ^c   Schopflocher, Donald ^d  

^a Presbyterian Nurses' Training College   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^d Edmonton Clinic Health Academy   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ghana; Maternal and newborn outcomes; Partograph

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; FETUS MONITORING; GHANA; HUMAN; LABOR; LABOR COMPLICATION; MATERNAL MORTALITY; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APGAR SCORE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; FETAL MONITORING; GHANA; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MATERNAL MORTALITY; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTERINE MONITORING;

EID: 84876735608     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2012.03.002     Document Type: Article

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