Correlation of change in uterine activity to blood loss in the third stage of labour

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 178-180

  Choo, Wan Ling ^a   Chua, S ^a   Chong, Y S ^a   Vanaja, K ^a   Oei, P L ^a   Roy, A C ^a   Arulkumaran, S ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Blood loss; Labour third stage; Uterine activity

Indexed keywords

ERGOMETRINE; HEMOGLOBIN; MISOPROSTOL; OXYTOCIN; UTEROTONIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; COLORIMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LABOR; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRESSURE TRANSDUCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

BLOOD COAGULATION; COLORIMETRY; ERGONOVINE; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; LABOR STAGE, THIRD; MISOPROSTOL; OXYTOCICS; OXYTOCIN; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; TRANSDUCERS, PRESSURE; UTERUS;

EID: 0031668897     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000010028     Document Type: Article

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