Maternal outcome in eclampsia at Harare Maternity Hospital
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Booked and unbooked mothers delivering at Harare Maternity Hospital, Zimbabwe: a comparison of maternal characteristics and foetal outcome.
This study was prompted by the poor maternal and foetal outcome at Harare Maternity Hospital, Zimbabwe, in unbooked mothers compared to women who had booked for antenatal care. Comparison was made of 195 recently delivered unbooked mothers with 196 booked mothers. Unbooked mothers were significantly more likely to be younger, of lower parity, be single, have lower socio-economic status, live in...
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عنوان ژورنال: Central African Journal of Medicine
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0008-9176
DOI: 10.4314/cajm.v47i5.8602