First look: A cluster-randomized trial of ultrasound to improve pregnancy outcomes in low income country settings

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  McClure, Elizabeth M ^a   Nathan, Robert O ^b   Saleem, Sarah ^c   Esamai, Fabian ^d   Garces, Ana ^e   Chomba, Elwyn ^f   Tshefu, Antoinette ^g   Swanson, David ^b   Mabeya, Hillary ^d   Figuero, Lester ^h   Mirza, Waseem ^c   Muyodi, David ^d   Franklin, Holly ^a   Lokangaka, Adrien ⁱ   Bidashimwa, Dieudonne ⁱ   Pasha, Omrana ^c   Mwenechanya, Musaku ^f   Bose, Carl L ^j   Carlo, Waldemar A ^k   Hambidge, K M ^l   Liechty, Edward A ^m   Krebs, Nancy ^l   Wallace, Dennis D ^a   Swanson, Jonathan ^b   Koso Thomas, Marion ⁿ   Widmer, Rexford ^o   Goldenberg, Robert L ^p   more..

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^d MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^e Universidad Francisco Marroquin   (Guatemala)

^f UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Zambia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF KINSHASA   (Congo)

^h FANCAP   (Guatemala)

ⁱ Kinshasa School of Public Health   (Congo)

^j UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^k University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^m INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁿ EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^o GE HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^p Department of Pediatrics Indiana University School of Medicine ^*  (United States)

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Author keywords

Low income countries; Maternal mortality; Maternal near miss; Obstetric ultrasound; Perinatal mortality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONGO; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS MALFORMATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; GUATEMALA; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; KENYA; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PAKISTAN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PLACENTA PREVIA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL PERIOD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETAINED PLACENTA; STILLBIRTH; ZAMBIA; COMMUNITY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; PRENATAL SCREENING; SAMPLE SIZE; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONGO; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GUATEMALA; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; KENYA; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; MIDWIFERY; MORBIDITY; PAKISTAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; ZAMBIA;

EID: 84899660799     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-14-73     Document Type: Article

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