Obstetric Labor Complications - Mortality
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Epidemiology of anesthesia-related complications in labor and delivery, New York State, 2002-2005.

29 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: Epidemiologic data on anesthesia-related complications occurring during labor and delivery are essential for measuring and evaluating the safety and quality of obstetric anesthesia care but are lacking. We aimed to fill this research gap ... Read more...

Maternal mortality in Syria: causes, contributing factors and preventability.

12 Jul 2009 OBJECTIVES: To describe the biomedical and other causes of maternal death in Syria and to assess their preventability. METHODS: A reproductive age mortality study (RAMOS) design was used to identify pregnancy related deaths. All deaths among women ... Read more...

Confidential inquiries into maternal deaths: modifications and adaptations in Ghana and Indonesia.

7 May 2009 OBJECTIVE: Factors contributing to the limited use of confidential inquiries into maternal deaths include the negative focus and demotivating effect of such inquiries, perceptions of unavailability of sufficient documentation of events, and lack of ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Obstetric Labor Complications - Mortality'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Epidemiology of anesthesia-related complications in labor and delivery, New York State, 2002-2005. 29 Sep 2009
• Maternal mortality in Syria: causes, contributing factors and preventability. 12 Jul 2009
• Confidential inquiries into maternal deaths: modifications and adaptations in Ghana and Indonesia. 7 May 2009
• Study of blood-transfusion services in Maharashtra and Gujarat States, India. 30 Mar 2009
• Quality of obstetric care in public-sector facilities and constraints to implementing emergency obstetric care services: evidence from high- and low-performing districts of Bangladesh. 30 Mar 2009
• The prognosis for spontaneous labor in women with uncomplicated term pregnancies: implications for cesarean delivery on maternal request. 30 Mar 2009
• Relationship between malpractice litigation pressure and rates of cesarean section and vaginal birth after cesarean section. 30 Jan 2009
• [Deaths due to infectious diseases in women: occurrences in pregnancy and puerperium] 30 Dec 2008
• Trend and causes of maternal mortality among women delivering in S. N. Medical College Hospital, Agra. 30 Dec 2008
• New and underutilised technologies to reduce maternal mortality and morbidity: what progress have we made since Bellagio 2003? 30 Dec 2008
• Facility-based maternal death review in three districts in the central region of Malawi: an analysis of causes and characteristics of maternal deaths. 30 Dec 2008
• Mamawasi: culturally sensitive birthing for Peruvian women. 30 Dec 2008
• Maternal mortality due to cardiac disease in Sri Lanka. 8 Dec 2008
• Peripartum hysterectomy in Aba southeastern Nigeria. 29 Nov 2008
• Cesarean delivery surveillance system at a maternity hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan. 13 Oct 2008
• Intrapartum stillbirth in a Nigerian tertiary hospital setting. 12 Oct 2008
• [Practical questions in case of maternal death] 24 Sep 2008
• [Maternal mortality in Sweden underestimated. Registry study of death in connection with pregnancy, delivery and postpartum] 30 Jul 2008
• Use of Luprostiol and Cloprostenol for induction of parturition in pregnant goats. 17 Jun 2008
• [Severe maternal morbidity in an obstetric ICU in Recife, Northeast of Brasil] 29 Apr 2008

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Technical information about 'Obstetric Labor Complications'

Definition: Medical problems associated with OBSTETRIC LABOR, such as BREECH PRESENTATION; PREMATURE OBSTETRIC LABOR; HEMORRHAGE; or others. These complications can affect the well-being of the mother, the FETUS, or both.

Descriptor UI: D007744

Alternative terms: Obstetric Labor Complications; Complication, Obstetric Labor; Complications, Obstetric Labor; Labor Complication, Obstetric; Labor Complications, Obstetric; Obstetric Labor Complication; Complications, Labor; Labor Complications; Complication, Labor; Labor Complication;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C13.703.420;

History Note: 2006 (1964)

Technical Notes: check the tags FEMALE & PREGNANCY; DF: LABOR COMPL