An unusual cause of delayed postpartum haemorrhage following caesarean section

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 621-622

  Samad, S ^a   Jonetzko, P ^a   Hawkins, A P ^a   Booth, J ^a   Thorpe Beeston, G ^a   Marwood, R ^a  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLLAPSE; EMERGENCY WARD; ENDOMETRITIS; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SHOCK; UNITED KINGDOM; UTERINE ARTERY;

ANEURYSM, FALSE; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; UTERUS;

EID: 67749086568     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2008.066407     Document Type: Article

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