Tracking stillbirths by referral pattern and causes in a rural tertiary hospital in Southern Nigeria

Background: The burden of stillbirth is disproportionately more in rural areas of developing countries where unskilled birth attendants contribute a large quota in the management of pregnant women. Tracking stillbirth should include the pattern of referral from the primary institutions that take car...

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Main Authors: Ikechukwu Innocent Mbachu, Kingsley Ihedioha Achigbu, Kelechi Kenneth Odinaka, George Uchenna Eleje, Ihechimere Kelechi Osuagwu, Vincent Ofuka Osim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2018-01-01
Series:Nigerian Postgraduate Medical Journal
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Online Access:http://www.npmj.org/article.asp?issn=1117-1936;year=2018;volume=25;issue=2;spage=87;epage=93;aulast=Mbachu