Why women bleed and how they are saved: A cross-sectional study of caesarean section near-miss morbidity

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Maswime, S ^a   Buchmann, E J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bleeding during and after caesarean section; Caesarean section related haemorrhage; Near miss

Indexed keywords

ERGOMETRINE; MISOPROSTOL; OXYTOCIN; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; B LYNCH BRACE SUTURE; CASE FATALITY RATE; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRAUTERINE BALLOON; LAPAROTOMY; LIGATION; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL DEATH; MORBIDITY; MULTIPARA; NEAR MISS MORBIDITY; OBSTETRIC HEMORRHAGE; OPERATION DURATION; PLACENTA ACCRETA; PLACENTA PREVIA; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RISK FACTOR; SECOND LOOK SURGERY; SOLUTIO PLACENTAE; SOUTH AFRICA; SURGICAL INJURY; SUTURE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; UTERINE ATONY; UTERINE VESSEL LIGATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HOSPITAL; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MORTALITY; NEAR MISS (HEALTH CARE); POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CESAREAN SECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MORBIDITY; NEAR MISS, HEALTHCARE; OPERATIVE TIME; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SECOND-LOOK SURGERY; SOUTH AFRICA; SUTURES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85008496932     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12884-016-1182-7     Document Type: Article

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