Search for dissertations about: "essential obstetric"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 swedish dissertations containing the words essential obstetric.
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1. Obesity in obstetric care : Consequences and risk prediction
Abstract : The incidence of obesity is increasing at an alarming rate worldwide and the epidemic has reached the pregnant population of developed countries. Obesity is associated with several obstetric complications for both the mother, the fetus and the new-born. Today, obesity risk assessment is based on body mass index (BMI). READ MORE
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2. Quality Aspects of Maternal Health Care in Tanzania
Abstract : This thesis assesses some indicators of quality for maternity care in Tanzania, using antenatal management of anaemia and hypertension and emergency obstetric care as focal points. The care of pregnant women consecutively enrolled in antenatal care (n=379) was observed and compared with quality standard criteria. READ MORE
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3. Public Access to Surgical Care. Studies on Timeliness, Capacity, Safety and Affordability
Abstract : Background. A once commonly held belief was that surgery is too complicated, too expensive, and too ineffectively addressing a too minor proportion of the burden of disease to deserve priority in a setting of scarce healthcare resources in low- and middle-income countries. READ MORE
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4. Obstetric Emergency Triage - A new mindset in obstetric emergency care in Sweden
Abstract : Introduction Obstetric emergency triage, facilitating prioritization according to urgency of obstetric patients seeking emergency care, is a relatively new form of triage. Adaptations to physiological changes during pregnancy and pregnancy specific conditions enable assessment of the patient, fetus, and labor status, essential to achieve equality in emergency care for the obstetric patient. READ MORE
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5. Quality Assessment and Monitoring of Maternal Referrals in Rural Tanzania
Abstract : An efficient referral system is essential in providing access to emergency obstetric care at higher levels of care by supporting antenatal and delivery services in the primary level of care facilities (PLCF). The aim of this thesis was to assess community and health service factors affecting the quality of maternal referrals in rural Tanzania. READ MORE