Correcting haemoglobin cut-offs to define anaemia in high-altitude pregnant women in Peru reduces adverse perinatal outcomes

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 290, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 65-74

  Gonzales, Gustavo F ^a   Tapia, Vilma ^a   Gasco, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

Author keywords

Altitude; Anaemia; Haemoglobin cut off; Perinatal adverse outcomes

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ALTITUDE; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUT OFF VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PERU; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STILLBIRTH;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ANEMIA; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL AGE; ODDS RATIO; PERU; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMEN; PREMATURE BIRTH; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STILLBIRTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903618263     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: 14320711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-014-3182-z     Document Type: Article

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