Is there an increase of postpartum hemorrhage, and is severe hemorrhage associated with more frequent use of obstetric interventions?

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 89, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1248-1255

  Rossen, Janne ^a,b   Økland, Inger ^a   Nilsen, Odd Bjarte ^a,c   Eggebø, Torbjørn M ^a  

^a STAVANGER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b Sørlandet Hospital Health Enterprise   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

Author keywords

Augmentation of labor; Cesarean sections; General anesthesia; Induction of labor; Multiple pregnancies

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LABOR INDUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORWAY; OBSTETRIC CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETAINED PLACENTA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TWIN PREGNANCY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; NORWAY; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77956854300     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016349.2010.514324     Document Type: Article

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