Caesarean section performed by medical doctors and associate clinicians in Sierra Leone;La cesárea realizada por médicos y por clínicos asociados en Sierra Leona

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2019, Pages e129-e137

  van Duinen, A J ^a,b,c   Kamara, M M ^c,e   Hagander, L ^g   Ashley, T ^c,f   Koroma, A P ^c   Leather, A ^h   Elhassein, M ^d   Darj, E ^a   Salvesen, O ^a   Wibe, A ^a,b   Bolkan, H A ^a,b,c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIERRA LEONE   (Sierra Leone)

^d UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND   (United States)

^e Port Loko Governmental Hospital   (Sierra Leone)

^f Kamakwie Wesleyan Hospital   (Sierra Leone)

^g LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^h KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED PRACTICE PROVIDER; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOME VISIT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL DEATH; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NON-INFERIORITY TRIAL; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PHYSICIAN; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIERRA LEONE; STILLBIRTH; TWIN PREGNANCY; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITAL; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PREGNANCY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PHYSICIANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SIERRA LEONE;

EID: 85059927786     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.11076     Document Type: Article

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