Maternal and Perinatal Outcomes of Twin Pregnancy in 23 Low- and Middle-Income Countries

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Vogel, Joshua P ^a,b   Torloni, Maria Regina ^c,d   Seuc, Armando ^b   Betrán, Ana Pilar ^b   Widmer, Mariana ^b   Souza, João Paulo ^b   Merialdi, Mario ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d Brazilian Cochrane Centre   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS MORTALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LOW AND MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALPRESENTATION; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL AGE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NULLIPARA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; STILLBIRTH; TWIN PREGNANCY; VAGINA BLEEDING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, TWIN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881000198     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0070549     Document Type: Article

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