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Erschienen in: CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology 12/2019

09.09.2019 | Letter to the Editor

Post-partum Hemorrhage and Maternal Mortality in Low-Income Countries and the Forgotten Role of Interventional Radiology

verfasst von: Gregory C. Makris, Ged Byrne

Erschienen in: CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology | Ausgabe 12/2019

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A recent meta-analysis by Thangaratinam et al. [1] shed some light to the specifics of what appears to be a major humanitarian crisis. Women undergoing caesarean section in low- and middle-income countries face a risk of death around 100 times higher than women who have the procedure in the UK, with women in sub-Saharan Africa facing the highest risk of death (10.9 deaths per 1000 procedures). The study emphasized on the fact that the majority of all maternal deaths following caesarean section were attributed to post-partum hemorrhage (32%). …
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Metadaten
Titel
Post-partum Hemorrhage and Maternal Mortality in Low-Income Countries and the Forgotten Role of Interventional Radiology
verfasst von
Gregory C. Makris
Ged Byrne
Publikationsdatum
09.09.2019
Verlag
Springer US
Erschienen in
CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology / Ausgabe 12/2019
Print ISSN: 0174-1551
Elektronische ISSN: 1432-086X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-019-02339-x

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