Massive obstetric hemorrhage in a Jehovah's Witness: Intraoperative strategies and high-dose erythropoietin use

American Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 207-209

  Belfort, Michael ^a,b   Kofford, Shalece ^b   Varner, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b Maternal Fetal Medicine Services of Utah   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemia; high dose erythropoietin; intra postoperative management

Indexed keywords

DOCUSATE SODIUM; ERYTHROPOIETIN; FERROUS SULFATE; IBUPROFEN; OXYCODONE PLUS PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; COMA; CRYSTALLOID; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOPERITONEUM; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; JEHOVAH'S WITNESS; LAPAROTOMY; OBSTETRIC HEMORRHAGE; PLACENTA PREVIA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAGINA BLEEDING; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY;

ADULT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION, AUTOLOGOUS; DEEP SEDATION; ERYTHROPOIETIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES; PLACENTA ACCRETA; PLACENTA PREVIA; PREGNANCY; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 79952090078     PISSN: 07351631     EISSN: 10988785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1266158     Document Type: Article

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