Postpartum hemorrhage - Update on problems of definitions and diagnosis

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 421-428

  Rath, Werner H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

definitions; diagnosis; measurement of blood loss; mortality; Postpartum hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD VOLUME; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; OBSTETRICS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAGINAL DELIVERY; VITAL SIGN;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; POSTNATAL CARE; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SHOCK; VITAL SIGNS;

EID: 79955055581     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0412.2011.01107.x     Document Type: Article

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