Balloon tamponade for postpartum haemorrhage: Case series and literature review

Hong Kong Medical Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 484-490

  Kong, Meliza C W ^a   To, William W K ^a  

^a UNITED CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Balloon occlusion; Hysterectomy; Postpartum hemorrhage; Pregnancy; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INTRAUTERINE BALLOON; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLACENTA PREVIA; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; RETAINED PLACENTA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT FAILURE; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; UTERINE ATONY; UTERINE TAMPONADE;

BALLOON OCCLUSION; HYSTERECTOMY; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BALLOON OCCLUSION; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION;

EID: 84889648044     PISSN: 10242708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12809/hkmj133873     Document Type: Article

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