Arterial Embolization for Primary Postpartum Hemorrhage

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1036-1045

  Kirby, John M ^a   Kachura, John R ^b   Rajan, Dheeraj K ^b   Sniderman, Kenneth W ^b   Simons, Martin E ^b   Windrim, Rory C ^c   Kingdom, John C ^c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAIN HYPOXIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DELIVERY; EXTRAVASATION; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; HYSTERECTOMY; LAPAROTOMY; MORTALITY; NECROSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PRIMIPARA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPERITONEAL HEMATOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; THERAPY EFFECT; UTERINE NECROSIS; UTERUS DISEASE;

ADULT; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HEMOSTATICS; HUMANS; ONTARIO; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67651165349     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2009.04.070     Document Type: Article

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