Maternal near-miss and death and their association with caesarean section complications: A cross-sectional study at a university hospital and a regional hospital in Tanzania

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Litorp, Helena ^a   Kidanto, Hussein L ^a,b   Rööst, Mattias ^a   Abeid, Muzdalifat ^a   Nyström, Lennarth ^c   Essén, Birgitta ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b MUHIMBILI NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Tanzania)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Caesarean section; Low income country; Maternal death; Maternal near miss

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION REACTION; CESAREAN SECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYSTERECTOMY; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREECLAMPSIA; PUERPERIUM; SHOCK; TANZANIA; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; UTERUS RUPTURE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CARDIOMYOPATHY; ECLAMPSIA; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SOLUTIO PLACENTAE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ABRUPTIO PLACENTAE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CESAREAN SECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904534821     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-14-244     Document Type: Article

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