How rational are indications for emergency caesarean section in a tertiary hospital in Tanzania?

Tanzania Journal of Health Research

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Mdegela, Mselenge H ^a   Muganyizi, Projestine S ^b   Pembe, Andrea B ^b   Simba, Daudi O ^b   Van Roosmalen, Jos ^c,d  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Caesarean section; Criterion based audit; Decision; Delivery; Obstetric care; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEPHALOPELVIC DISPROPORTION; CESAREAN SECTION; DYSTOCIA; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FAILURE TO PROGRESS; FEMALE; FETUS DISTRESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LABOR COMPLICATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NULLIPARA; TANZANIA; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; VAGINAL DELIVERY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 84891343873     PISSN: 18216404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/thrb.v14i4.1     Document Type: Article

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