Temporal Trends in Postpartum Hemorrhage and Severe Postpartum Hemorrhage in Canada From 2003 to 2010

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 21-33

  Mehrabadi, Azar ^a   Liu, Shiliang ^b   Bartholomew, Sharon ^b   Hutcheon, Jennifer A ^a   Kramer, Michael S ^c   Liston, Robert M ^a   Joseph, K S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atonic postpartum hemorrhage; Maternal morbidity; Postpartum hemorrhage; Uterine atony

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL EMBOLIZATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANADA; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; RISK FACTOR; SUTURING METHOD; TREND STUDY; VAGINAL DELIVERY; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; ATONIC POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; DELIVERY; DYSTOCIA; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; PREGNANCY; UTERINE ATONY; YOUNG ADULT;

ATONIC POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; UTERINE ATONY;

ADULT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANADA; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; UTERINE INERTIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897574668     PISSN: 17012163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1701-2163(15)30680-0     Document Type: Article

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