Association between pregnancy-induced hypertension and post-partum infection in the Instituto Materno Infantil, Bogotá, Colombia: case control study Asociación entre hipertensión inducida por el embarazo e infección postparto en el Instituto Materno Infantil de Bogotá, Colombia: estudio de casos y controles

• Main Authors: Pio Iván Gómez (Author), Hernando Guillermo Gaitán (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Federación Colombiana de Obstetricia y Ginecología, 2004-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction. Post-partum infection is one of the main causes of maternal morbidity-mortality in developing countries. Identifying factors predisposing to infection will allow intervention for preventing them or (if they cannot be prevented) using other means for reducing their impact. Toxaemia seem...