A prediction score for maternal mortality in Senegal and Mali

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1049-1056

  Huchon, Cyrille ^a   Dumont, Alexandre ^b   Traoré, Mamadou ^b   Abrahamowicz, Michal ^b   Fauconnier, Arnaud ^b   Fraser, William ^b   Fournier, Pierre ^b  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b not available

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEMIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALI; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PARITY; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREECLAMPSIA; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SENEGAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS; UTERUS RUPTURE; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 84879122868     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e31828b33a4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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