Peripartum hysterectomy in a Nigerian university hospital: An assessment of severe maternal outcomes with the maternal severity index model

Background: Peripartum hysterectomy is life-saving and a life-threatening criterion of the World Health Organization (WHO) maternal near-miss concept. The maternal severity index (MSI) model was developed to assess the outcome of severe maternal morbidities. This study assessed severe maternal outco...

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Main Authors: Babasola O Okusanya, Adekunle E Sajo, Gbemi E Osanyin, Osemen E Okojie, Olusola N Abodunrin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2016-01-01
Series:Nigerian Postgraduate Medical Journal
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Online Access:http://www.npmj.org/article.asp?issn=1117-1936;year=2016;volume=23;issue=2;spage=62;epage=66;aulast=Okusanya