학술논문

Effect on Postpartum Hemorrhage of Prophylactic Oxytocin (10 IU) by Injection by Community Health Officers in Ghana: A Community-Based, Cluster-Randomized Trial.
Document Type
Article
Source
PLoS Medicine. Oct2013, Vol. 10 Issue 10, p1-14. 14p. 1 Color Photograph, 1 Diagram, 4 Charts, 3 Graphs.
Subject
*HEMORRHAGE
*MATERNAL health care teams
*OXYTOCIN
*MATERNAL mortality
*MISOPROSTOL
*MATERNAL health services
Language
ISSN
1549-1277
Abstract
: Cynthia Stanton and colleagues conducted a cluster-randomized controlled trial in rural Ghana to assess whether oxytocin given by injection by community health officers at home births was a feasible and safe option in preventing postpartum hemorrhage. Please see later in the article for the Editors' Summary [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]