Waiting for Attention and Care: Birthing Accounts of Women in Rural Tanzania who Developed Obstetric Fistula as an Outcome of Labour. [PDF]
, 2011 \ud Obstetric fistula is a physically and socially disabling obstetric complication that affects about 3,000 women in Tanzania every year. The fistula, an opening that forms between the vagina and the bladder and/or the rectum, is most frequently caused ...
Evjen-Olsen, Bjørg +14 more
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Distance to care, facility delivery and early neonatal mortality in Malawi and Zambia. [PDF]
, 2012 BACKGROUND: Globally, approximately 3 million babies die annually within their first month. Access to adequate care at birth is needed to reduce newborn as well as maternal deaths.
Campbell, Oona MR +13 more
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A mechanistic study of the tremor associated with epidural anaesthesia for intrapartum caesarean delivery. [PDF]
, 2020 BACKGROUND: It is not known if the tremor associated with an epidural top-up dose for intrapartum caesarean delivery is thermoregulatory shivering.
Mullington, CJ +3 more
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Intrinsic Obstetric Palsy: Case Report and Literature Review [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2016 Maternal neurological injuries may be intrinsic to the labour and delivery process or may result directly or indirectly from obstetric or anaesthetic intervention.
Rashida Hakeem, Cliff Neppe
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The Critical Role of Supervision in Retaining Staff in Obstetric Services: A Three Country Study. [PDF]
, 2013 Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 5 commits us to reducing maternal mortality rates by three quarters and MDG 4 commits us to reducing child mortality by two-thirds between 1990 and 2015.
Honorati Masanja +18 more
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Mode of Delivery and Obstetric Outcomes in Asia [PDF]
Women's Health, 2010 Evaluation of: Lumbiganon P, Laopaiboon M, Gulmezoglu A et al.: Method of delivery and pregnancy outcomes in Asia: the WHO global survey on maternal and perinatal health 2007–2008. Lancet 375(9713), 490–499 (2010). In a multinational survey of 122 medical facilities in nine Asian countries, the WHO analyzed data on 107,950 deliveries.
Lorie M, Harper, Anthony O, Odibo
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Did the strategy of skilled attendance at birth reach the poor in Indonesia? [PDF]
, 2007 Objective To assess whether the strategy of “a midwife in every village” in Indonesia achieved its aim of increasing professional delivery care for the poorest women.
Ronsmans, Carine +6 more
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Forceps delivery in modern obstetric practice [PDF]
BMJ, 2004 This review discusses the specific uses and potential advantages of forceps over other modes of delivery. To enable women to make an informed choice about mode of delivery, obstetricians need to be adequately trained and supervised in the use of forceps Global increases in rates of caesarean section show no sign of abating. The US National Center for
Roshni R, Patel, Deirdre J, Murphy
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A quality of care assessment of the management of obstetric haemorrhage in the Peninsula Maternal and Neonatal Services [PDF]
, 2009 Includes bibliographical references (leaves 64-68).In South Africa obstetric haemorrhage is the third most common cause of maternal deaths. In addition to maternal mortality audits, quality of care audits using criterion based audit methodology provides ...
Adams, Tracey
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Maternal attachment levels of advanced age mothers and relation factors
Acta Scientiarum. Health SciencesBeing mother at advanced age is associated with physical, emotional and social problems during pregnancy. The purpose of study to finding out the maternal attachment of pregnant women of advanced age and the associated factors.
Eylem Toker +3 more
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