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Injury patterns and health outcomes among pregnant women seeking emergency medical care in Kumasi, Ghana: Challenges and opportunities to improve care

INTRODUCTION: In high-income countries, injury is the most common cause of non-obstetric death among pregnant women. However, the injury risk during pregnancy has not been well characterized for many developing countries including Ghana. Our study described maternal and fetal outcomes after injury a...

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Autores principales:	Osei-Ampofo, Maxwell, Flynn-O’Brien, Katherine T., Owusu-Dabo, Ellis, Otupiri, Easmon, Oduro, George, Donkor, Peter, Mock, Charles, Ebel, Beth E.
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	African Federation for Emergency Medicine 2016
Materias:	Original Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6233248/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30456072 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.afjem.2016.01.003

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