Maternal morbidity associated with emergency versus elective caesarean section

Journal of Postgraduate Medical Institute

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 55-62

  Raees, Mehnaz ^a   Yasmeen, Sumaira ^a   Jabeen, Sadaqat ^a   Utman, Naeema ^a   Karim, Rukhsana ^a  

^a LADY READING HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Elective surgery; Emergency caesarean section; Maternal morbidity; Obstructed labor; Placenta previa

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLADDER INJURY; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION REACTION; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; EMERGENCY CESAREAN SECTION; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ENDOMETRITIS; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL REFLUX; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JAUNDICE; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; PAKISTAN; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREVALENCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROAT IRRITATION; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UTERINE CERVIX TEAR; UTERUS DISEASE; UTERUS TEAR; VAGINA CANDIDIASIS; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84877284809     PISSN: 10135472     EISSN: 18119387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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