Increased risk of severe maternal morbidity (near-miss) among immigrant women in Sweden: A population register-based study

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 120, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 1605-1612

  Wahlberg, A ^a   Roost M ^a   Haglund, B ^a   Hogberg U ^a   Essen B ^a  

^a International Maternal and Child Health ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Immigration; maternal near miss; severe maternal morbidity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH INCOME GROUP; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; ICD-10; IMMIGRANT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MIDDLE INCOME GROUP; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SEPSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWEDEN; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; BLOOD; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECLAMPSIA; NOTE; POPULATION; PREECLAMPSIA; PREMATURE LABOR; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RISK FACTOR; SHOCK; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UTERUS RUPTURE;

MAGNESIUM SULFATE;

IMMIGRATION; MATERNAL NEAR-MISS; SEVERE MATERNAL MORBIDITY;

ADULT; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; REGISTRIES; RISK; SWEDEN;

EID: 84887720052     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.12326     Document Type: Article

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