Ultrasound finding of an echogenic mass in women with secondary postpartum hemorrhage is associated with retained placental tissue

Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 312-319

  Mulic Lutvica, A ^a   Axelsson, O ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Puerperium; Retained placental tissue; Secondary postpartum hemorrhage; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; UTEROTONIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORPHOLOGY; MYOMETRIUM; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUERPERIUM; RETAINED PLACENTA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR;

ADULT; CURETTAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; PLACENTA, RETAINED; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTERUS;

EID: 33748772227     PISSN: 09607692     EISSN: 14690705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/uog.2849     Document Type: Article

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