Visual estimation versus gravimetric measurement of postpartum blood loss: A prospective cohort study

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 283, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1207-1213

  Al Kadri, Hanan M F ^a   Al Anazi, Bedayah K ^a   Tamim, Hani M ^a  

^a KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Blood loss estimation; Maternal morbidity; Maternal mortality; Postpartum blood loss; Postpartum hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VOLUME; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAVIMETRY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT ERROR; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAUDI ARABIA; VISUAL ESTIMATION;

ADULT; BLOOD VOLUME; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINOMETRY; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956142311     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: 14320711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-010-1522-1     Document Type: Article

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