Use of the "obstetric shock index" as an adjunct in identifying significant blood loss in patients with massive postpartum hemorrhage

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 253-255

  Le Bas, Abigail ^a   Chandraharan, Edwin ^a   Addei, Anthony ^a   Arulkumaran, Sabaratnam ^b  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood transfusion; Estimated blood loss; Massive postpartum hemorrhage; Obstetric shock index; Visual estimation of blood loss

Indexed keywords

FRESH FROZEN PLASMA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD VOLUME; BODY WEIGHT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; OBSTETRIC SHOCK INDEX; OPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS; PARITY; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; UNITED KINGDOM; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; ESTIMATED BLOOD LOSS; MASSIVE POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; OBSTETRIC SHOCK INDEX; VISUAL ESTIMATION OF BLOOD LOSS;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHOCK, HEMORRHAGIC;

EID: 84895073208     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: 18793479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2013.08.020     Document Type: Article

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