Using recombinant activated factor VII, B-Lynch compression, and reversible embolization of the uterine arteries for treatment of severe conservatively intractable postpartum hemorrhage: new method for management of massive hemorrhage in cases of placenta increta

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 2012.e1-2012.e5

  Mechsner, Sylvia ^a   Baessler, Kaven ^a   Brunne, Bergit ^a   Albrecht, Thomas ^a   Hopp, Hartmut ^a   Dudenhausen, Joachim W ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

B Lynch sutures; placenta increta; postpartum hemorrhage (PPH); Recombinant activated factor VII; reversible embolization

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEPHALOSPORIN; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; HEMOGLOBIN; OXYTOCIN; PROSTAGLANDIN; RECOMBINANT BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7A;

ADULT; AMNIONITIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; B LYNCH SUTURE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; FEMALE; FETAL TACHYCARCARDIA; FETUS HEART RATE; FEVER; HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; PLACENTA ACCRETA; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTIC SHOCK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; UTERINE FUNDUS;

EID: 55149085941     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.12.057     Document Type: Article

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