Anaesthesia-related maternal mortality in low-income and middle-income countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis

The Lancet Global Health

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2016, Pages e320-e327

  Sobhy, Soha ^a   Zamora, Javier ^a,b   Dharmarajah, Kuhan ^c   Arroyo Manzano, David ^b   Wilson, Matthew ^d   Navaratnarajah, Ramesan ^e   Coomarasamy, Arri ^f   Khan, Khalid S ^a   Thangaratinam, Shakila ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^c NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^e BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MIDDLE INCOME GROUP; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ANESTHESIOLOGIST; CESAREAN SECTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NURSE ANESTHETIST; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; OBSTETRIC OPERATION; ODDS RATIO; PERINATAL DEATH; PREGNANCY;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANESTHESIOLOGISTS; CESAREAN SECTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NURSE ANESTHETISTS; OBSTETRIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ODDS RATIO; PERINATAL DEATH; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84963737897     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2214109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(16)30003-1     Document Type: Article

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