Balloon tamponade for postpartum vaginal lacerations in a woman refusing blood transfusion

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 261-

  Yoong, Wai ^a   Ray, Arpita ^a   Phillip, Stacy Ann ^b  

^a NORTH MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE S UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Grenada)

Author keywords

Balloon tamponade; Jehovah's Witness; Postpartum hemorrhage; Vaginal lacerations

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; BALLOON; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COMPRESSION; EDEMA; EPISIOTOMY; EXHAUSTION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; JEHOVAH'S WITNESS; LABOR ONSET; LACERATION; LIVING WILL; OPERATING ROOM; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUTURE; UTERUS CONTRACTION; VACUUM EXTRACTION; VAGINA BLEEDING; VAGINAL INJURY;

BALLOON DILATION; BALLOON OCCLUSION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; TREATMENT REFUSAL; VACUUM EXTRACTION, OBSTETRICAL; VAGINA;

EID: 68549120842     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2009.03.052     Document Type: Article

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