Causes and avoidable factors in maternal death due to cesarean-related hemorrhage in South Africa

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 320-323

  Maswime, Salome ^a   Buchmann, Eckhart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bleeding during and after cesarean; Cesarean delivery; Maternal mortality; Postpartum hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL DEATH; MEDICAL RECORD; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SHOCK; SOLUTIO PLACENTAE; SOUTH AFRICA; SURGICAL INJURY; UTERINE ATONY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PERINATAL CARE; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PERINATAL CARE; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84977666782     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: 18793479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2016.03.013     Document Type: Article

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