Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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7524824 | Midwifery | 2016 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
Symptoms of Peripartum Cardiomyopathy were debilitating, exhausting and frightening for the women interviewed in this study. Health care professionals responsible for the antenatal care, especially midwives, need skills to identify initial symptoms of Peripartum Cardiomyopathy for early referral and treatment by a specialist. In order to give optimal care more research is needed to show how to improve midwives׳ knowledge of Peripartum Cardiomyopathy.
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Authors
Harshida (Senior lecturer), Marie (Professor), Anders (Consultant cardiologist), Cecily (Professor), Maria (Associate professor),