Mechanisms of Hemostasis at Cesarean Delivery

Clinics in Perinatology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 531-547

  Bonanno, Clarissa ^a   Gaddipati, Sreedhar ^a  

^a Department of Orthopaedic Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Cesarean delivery; Hemorrhage; Hemostasis; Medical therapy; Surgical therapy; Uterine atony; Uterotonic agents

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CARBOPROST TROMETAMOL; ERGOMETRINE PLUS OXYTOCIN; FIBRIN GLUE; GELFOAM; GLUTARALDEHYDE; HEMOSTATIC AGENT; METHYLERGOMETRINE MALEATE; MICROCRYSTALLINE COLLAGEN; MISOPROSTOL; OXIDIZED CELLULOSE; OXIDIZED REGENERATED CELLULOSE; OXYTOCIN; PLACEBO; RECOMBINANT BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7A; THROMBIN;

ARTERY LIGATION; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BALLOON OCCLUSION; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRONCHOSPASM; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIARRHEA; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEVER; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYSTERECTOMY; INTERNAL ILIAC ARTERY; NAUSEA; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PLACENTA ACCRETA; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SHIVERING; SURGICAL INJURY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERINE ATONY; VEIN THROMBOSIS; VOMITING;

CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HEMOSTASIS, SURGICAL; HUMANS; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 54149083049     PISSN: 00955108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clp.2008.07.007     Document Type: Review

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