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Amniotic fluid embolism incidence, risk factors and outcomes: a review and recommendations.

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BACKGROUND: Amniotic fluid embolism (AFE) is a rare but severe complication of pregnancy. A recent systematic review highlighted apparent differences in the incidence, with studies estimating the incidence of AFE to be more than three times higher in North America than Europe. The aim of this study was to examine population-based regional or national data from five high-resource countries in order to investigate incidence, risk factors and outcomes of AFE and to investigate whether any varia...

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Published
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Peer reviewed

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10.1186/1471-2393-12-7

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
Nuffield Department of Population Health
Sub department:
NPEU
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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
Nuffield Department of Population Health
Sub department:
NPEU
Role:
Author
More by this author
Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
Nuffield Department of Population Health
Sub department:
NPEU
Role:
Author
Publisher:
BioMed Central Publisher's website
Journal:
BMC pregnancy and childbirth Journal website
Volume:
12
Issue:
1
Pages:
7
Publication date:
2012-01-01
DOI:
EISSN:
1471-2393
ISSN:
1471-2393
Language:
English
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pubs:258419
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uuid:05cfda0f-2a28-4f5d-8289-5ff6348da661
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pubs:258419
Source identifiers:
258419
Deposit date:
2013-11-16

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