Where does ergometrine stand in prevention of postpartum haemorrhage in caesarean section?

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 911-914

  Mahmud, Ghazala ^a   Javaid, Kiran ^a   Tasnim, Nasira ^a   Tabassum, Arfa ^a   Bangash, Kausar Tasneem ^a  

^a PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Caesarean; Ergometrine; PPH; Syntocinon

Indexed keywords

ERGOMETRINE; OXYTOCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYSTERECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NAUSEA; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; UTERINE ATONY; VOMITING;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; ERGONOVINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL MORTALITY; OXYTOCICS; OXYTOCIN; PAKISTAN; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84904719723     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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