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Postoperative outcome of caesarean sections and other major emergency obstetric surgery by clinical...

Postoperative outcome of caesarean sections and other major emergency obstetric surgery by clinical...

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Postoperative outcome of caesarean sections and other major emergency obstetric surgery by clinical officers and medical officers in Malawi

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Full title

Postoperative outcome of caesarean sections and other major emergency obstetric surgery by clinical officers and medical officers in Malawi

Publisher

England: BioMed Central Ltd

Journal title

Human resources for health, 2007-06, Vol.5 (1), p.17-98, Article 17

Language

English

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Publisher

England: BioMed Central Ltd

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Contents

Clinical officers perform much of major emergency surgery in Malawi, in the absence of medical officers. The aim of this study was to validate the advantages and disadvantages of delegation of major obstetric surgery to non-doctors.
During a three month period, data from 2131 consecutive obstetric surgeries in 38 district hospitals in Malawi wer...

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Postoperative outcome of caesarean sections and other major emergency obstetric surgery by clinical officers and medical officers in Malawi

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TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_e8460e664a974e7497540c3b970476b5

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_e8460e664a974e7497540c3b970476b5

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ISSN

1478-4491

E-ISSN

1478-4491,1995-7270

DOI

10.1186/1478-4491-5-17

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