Non-Pneumatic Anti-Shock Garment (NASG), a First-Aid Device to Decrease Maternal Mortality from Obstetric Hemorrhage: A Cluster Randomized Trial

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Miller, Suellen ^a   Bergel, Eduardo F ^b   El Ayadi, Alison M ^a   Gibbons, Luz ^b   Butrick, Elizabeth A ^a   Magwali, Thulani ^c   Mkumba, Gricelia ^d   Kaseba, Christine ^d   Huong, N T My ^e   Geissler, Jillian D ^a   Merialdi, Mario ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS AND HEALTH POLICY   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^d UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Zambia)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; COMPRESSION GARMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; END ORGAN FAILURE MATERNAL MORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOVOLEMIC SHOCK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NON PNEUMATIC ANTISHOCK GARMENT; OBSTETRIC HEMORRHAGE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK REDUCTION; ZAMBIA; ZIMBABWE; COMPRESSION BANDAGE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEMORRHAGE; MORTALITY; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; RISK; SHOCK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

COMPRESSION BANDAGES; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; SHOCK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZAMBIA; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 84886021936     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0076477     Document Type: Article

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