Use of a novel visual aid to improve estimation of obstetric blood loss

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 123, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 982-986

  Zuckerwise, Lisa C ^a   Pettker, Christian M ^a   Illuzzi, Jessica ^a   Raab, Cheryl R ^a   Lipkind, Heather S ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL BLOOD;

ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; BLOOD VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MATERNAL CARE; MEASUREMENT; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE MIDWIFE; NURSING STUDENT; OBSTETRIC BLOOD LOSS ESTIMATION; OBSTETRIC HEMORRHAGE; OBSTETRICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTERED NURSE; VISUAL AID; WORK EXPERIENCE; ANESTHESIOLOGY; AUDIOVISUAL AID; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; MIDWIFE; NURSING; OBSTETRICS; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; AUDIOVISUAL AIDS; BLOOD VOLUME; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDWIFERY; NURSING; OBSTETRICS; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84900386280     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000000233     Document Type: Article

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