Characteristics, causes and treatment of postpartum haemorrhage in first and second pregnancies

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 90-93

  Ford, Jane B ^a   Shand, Antonia W ^a   Roberts, Christine L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

parity; postpartum haemorrhage; pregnancy complications; therapeutics

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MEDICAL HISTORY; PLACENTA ACCRETA; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SECOND PREGNANCY; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

FEMALE; HEMOSTATIC TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; NEW SOUTH WALES; PARITY; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; UTERINE INERTIA;

EID: 84874109256     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajo.12019     Document Type: Article

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