Maternal deaths due to eclampsia in teenagers: Lessons from assessment of maternal deaths in South Africa

Background: Eclampsia remains a major cause of maternal mortality, particularly in teenage pregnancies. Healthcare professionals providing antenatal must regard teenagers as a high risk group for the pre-eclampsia-eclampsia syndrome. Setting: Data extracted from the South African Saving Mothers Repo...

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Main Authors: Jagidesa Moodley, Nnabuike C. Ngene
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AOSIS 2020-07-01
Series:African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine
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Online Access:https://phcfm.org/index.php/phcfm/article/view/2305