1. Postpartum hemorrhage: from insight to action
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- Subjects
- Postpartum hemorrhage, Obstetric hemorrhage, Maternal morbidity, Maternal mortality, Massive blood transfusion, Intrauterine balloon tamponade, Uterine artery embolization, Viscoelastometric point-of-care testing
- Abstract
The incidence of postpartum hemorrhage is rising and may lead to severe maternal morbidity and maternal mortality. In this manuscript we investigated women in need of massive blood transfusion because of postpartum hemorrhage in order to improve our understanding of postpartum hemorrhage associated with severe maternal outcome and to compare management strategies and maternal outcome between different settings. Furthermore, we evaluated maternity care at different stages of bleeding following childbirth, i.e.: onset of hemorrhage (timely recognition of women at risk of progression of hemorrhage), persistent hemorrhage (evaluation of obstetric interventions to cease persistent hemorrhage), and end of hemorrhage (learn lessons once a maternal death from obstetric hemorrhage has occurred).
- Published
- 2022