Effect on Postpartum Hemorrhage of Prophylactic Oxytocin (10 IU) by Injection by Community Health Officers in Ghana: A Community-Based, Cluster-Randomized Trial

BACKGROUND: Oxytocin (10 IU) is the drug of choice for prevention of postpartum hemorrhage (PPH). Its use has generally been restricted to medically trained staff in health facilities. We assessed the effectiveness, safety, and feasibility of PPH prevention using oxytocin injected by peripheral heal...

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Autores principales: Stanton, Cynthia K., Newton, Samuel, Mullany, Luke C., Cofie, Patience, Tawiah Agyemang, Charlotte, Adiibokah, Edward, Amenga-Etego, Seeba, Darcy, Niamh, Khan, Sadaf, Armbruster, Deborah, Gyapong, John, Owusu-Agyei, Seth
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3794862/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24130463
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001524

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3794862/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24130463
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001524

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