Open AccessAntenatal and intrapartum risk factors for birth asphyxia among emergency obstetric referrals in Mulago Hospital, Kampala, Uganda
Author(s) -
Dan K. Kaye
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
east african medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.102
H-Index - 40
ISSN - 0012-835X
DOI - 10.4314/eamj.v80i3.8683
Subject(s) - medicine , asphyxia , obstetrics , antepartum hemorrhage , caesarean section , apgar score , eclampsia , odds ratio , antepartum haemorrhage , meconium , birth weight , pregnancy , pediatrics , fetus , pathology , biology , genetics
Many perinatal deaths follow birth asphyxia that occurs in newborn babies of women who are referred on developing life-threatening obstetric complications.