Postpartum Hemorrhage

Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics of North America

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 421-441

  Oyelese, Yinka ^a   Scorza, William E ^a   Mastrolia, Ricardo ^a   Smulian, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOPROST; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; METHYLERGOMETRINE; MISOPROSTOL; OXYTOCIN;

ADAPTATION; ARTERY LIGATION; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRONCHOSPASM; COLPOTOMY; DIARRHEA; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEVER; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INTERNAL ILIAC ARTERY; METRITIS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SIDE EFFECT; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERINE ATONY; UTERUS INVERSION;

FEMALE; HEMOSTATIC TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; OXYTOCICS; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34848912210     PISSN: 08898545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ogc.2007.06.007     Document Type: Review

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