Risk factors for maternal mortality in a Tertiary Hospital in Kenya: A case control study

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Yego, Faith ^a,b   D'Este, Catherine ^b,d   Byles, Julie ^b,c   Williams, Jennifer S ^b,c,e   Nyongesa, Paul ^a  

^a MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c Research Centre for Gender Health and Ageing   (Australia)

^d The Australian National University   (Australia)

^e UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Kenya; Maternal mortality; Risk factors; Tertiary hospital

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ABNORMAL BLOOD PRESSURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMORBIDITY; CONTRACEPTIVE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DYSTOCIA; ECLAMPSIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; KENYA; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MIDDLE AGED; OBSTETRIC HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PULSE RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TACHYCARDIA; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; ECLAMPSIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KENYA; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TACHYCARDIA; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892649587     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-14-38     Document Type: Article

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