Severe acute maternal morbidity in a tertiary care institution
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severe acute maternal morbidity (samm) in postpartum period requiring tertiary hospital care
abstract background: postpartum period is the critically important part of obstetric care but most neglected period for majority of pakistani women. only life threatening complications compel them to seek for tertiary hospital care. we describe the nature of these obstetric morbidities in order to help policymakers in improving prevailing situation. objective: to find out the frequency and caus...
متن کاملSevere acute maternal morbidity (SAMM) in postpartum period requiring tertiary Hospital care
BACKGROUND Postpartum period is the critically important part of obstetric care but most neglected period for majority of Pakistani women. Only life threatening complications compel them to seek for tertiary hospital care. We describe the nature of these obstetric morbidities in order to help policymakers in improving prevailing situation. OBJECTIVE To find out the frequency and causes of sev...
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عنوان ژورنال: Sri Lanka Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2279-1655,1391-7536
DOI: 10.4038/sljog.v34i4.5930