Challenges in managing postpartum hemorrhage in resource-poor countries

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 285-298

  Karoshi, Mahantesh ^a   Keith, Louis ^b  

^a KINGSTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Postpartum hemorrhage; Treatments

Indexed keywords

ERGOMETRINE; HEMOGLOBIN; MISOPROSTOL; OXYTOCIN; PROSTAGLANDIN; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; UTEROTONIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTERY LIGATION; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BALLOON DILATATION; BIMANUAL COMPRESSION; BIRTH; BLOOD; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INCIDENCE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LABOR STAGE 3; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MIDWIFE; MOBILE PHONE; OFF LABEL DRUG USE; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETAINED PLACENTA; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SEPSIS; SHIVERING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; TRAINING; UTERINE ATONY; UTERUS INVERSION;

CANADA; DATA COLLECTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEMOSTASIS, SURGICAL; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; LABOR STAGE, THIRD; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MIDWIFERY; MISOPROSTOL; OXYTOCICS; POSTNATAL CARE; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; UTERINE CONTRACTION;

EID: 67650799370     PISSN: 00099201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GRF.0b013e3181a4f737     Document Type: Article

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