Obstetrics in the time of Ebola: Challenges and dilemmas in providing lifesaving care during a deadly epidemic

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 284-286

  Black, B O ^a  

^a MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTHRALGIA; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; FEVER; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LIVE BIRTH; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NOTE; OBSTETRIC OPERATION; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SIERRA LEONE; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STILLBIRTH; THORAX PAIN; VAGINA BLEEDING; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VOMITING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; EBOLAVIRUS; ETHICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; OBSTETRICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PROCEDURES; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; EBOLAVIRUS; EPIDEMICS; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84922724838     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.13232     Document Type: Note

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