Maternal death and caesarean section in South Africa: Results from the 2011 - 2013 saving mothers report of the national committee for confidential enquiries into maternal deaths

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 287-291

  Gebhardt, G S ^a   Fawcus, S ^b   Moodley, J ^c   Farina, Z ^c  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CESAREAN SECTION; ECLAMPSIA; EMBOLISM; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPOVOLEMIC SHOCK; MATERNAL MORTALITY; OBSTETRIC HEMORRHAGE; PLACENTA ACCRETA; PLACENTA PREVIA; PREECLAMPSIA; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SOLUTIO PLACENTAE; SOUTH AFRICA; VAGINAL DELIVERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DELIVERY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; MORTALITY; MOTHER; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS;

CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL DEATH; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84928405841     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: 20785135     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7196/SAMJ.9351     Document Type: Article

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