Postpartum Hemorrhage

Primary Care - Clinics in Office Practice

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 167-187

  Su, Cindy W ^a  

^a Training in Early Abortion for Comprehensive Healthcare   (United States)

Author keywords

Active management of third stage of labor; Perineal lacerations; Postpartum hemorrhage; Uterine atony; Uterine tamponade; Uterotonic agents

Indexed keywords

CARBETOCIN; CARBOPROST TROMETAMOL; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HEMOGLOBIN; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; METHYLERGOMETRINE; METHYLERGOMETRINE MALEATE; MISOPROSTOL; OXYTOCIN; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; TERBUTALINE; ERGOT ALKALOID; OXYTOCIC AGENT; PROSTAGLANDIN;

ARTERY LIGATION; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILL; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FEVER; FLUSHING; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HEADACHE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; HYSTERECTOMY; LABOR MANAGEMENT; LABOR STAGE 3; LACERATION; MASSAGE; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NAUSEA; OBSTETRIC EMERGENCY; PATHOGENESIS; PLACENTA ACCRETA; PLACENTAL DELIVERY; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; RETAINED PLACENTA; RETROPERITONEAL HEMATOMA; REVIEW; SHIVERING; SIDE EFFECT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SUTURING METHOD; TOCOLYSIS; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; UTERINE ARTERY LIGATION; UTERINE ATONY; UTERINE CERVIX LACERATION; UTERINE TAMPONADE; UTERUS CONTRACTION; UTERUS INVERSION; VAGINA LACERATION; VAGINAL DELIVERY; VAGINAL HEMATOMA; VASOCONSTRICTION; VOMITING; VULVAR HEMATOMA; WATER INTOXICATION; INCIDENCE; INJURY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RISK FACTOR; UTERINE ARTERY;

ERGOT ALKALOIDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; OXYTOCICS; OXYTOCIN; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROSTAGLANDINS; RISK FACTORS; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERINE BALLOON TAMPONADE;

EID: 84856581355     PISSN: 00954543     EISSN: 1558299X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pop.2011.11.009     Document Type: Review

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