Nurse-midwives' ability to diagnose acute third- and fourth-degree obstetric lacerations in western Kenya

• Main Authors: Leeya F. Pinder (Author), Kelsey H. Natsuhara (Author), Thomas F. Burke (Author), Svjetlana Lozo (Author), Monica Oguttu (Author), Leah Miller (Author), Brett D. Nelson (Author), Melody J. Eckardt (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Obstetric fistula devastates the lives of women and is found most commonly among the poor in resource-limited settings. Unrepaired third- and fourth-degree perineal lacerations have been shown to be the source of approximately one-third of the fistula burden in fistula camps in K...