Improving the quality of caesarean section in a low-resource setting : An intervention by criteria-based audit at a tertiary hospital, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Improving the quality of caesarean section in a low-resource setting : An intervention by criteria-based audit at a tertiary hospital, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

A sharp increase in caesarean section (CS) rates at the Muhimbili National Referral Hospital (MNH) – a tertiary referral hospital in Tanzania – by 50% in 2000–2011, was associated with concomitant increase in maternal complications and deaths and inconsistent improvement in newborn outcomes. The aim...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mgaya, Andrew Hans
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Uppsala universitet, Internationell mödra- och barnhälsovård (IMCH) 2017
Subjects:
Caesarean section
Criteria-based audit
Fetal distress
Obstructed labour
Low resource setting
Robson classification
Medical and Health Sciences
Medicin och hälsovetenskap
Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-319192
http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:isbn:978-91-554-9890-0

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http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:isbn:978-91-554-9890-0

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