Reporting errors, incidence and risk factors for postpartum haemorrhage and progression to severe PPH: A prospective observational study

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 121, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 876-888

  Briley, A ^a   Seed, P T ^a   Tydeman, G ^b   Ballard, H ^a   Waterstone, M ^c   Sandall, J ^a   Poston, L ^a   Tribe, R M ^a   Bewley, S ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c DARENT VALLEY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood loss; observational study; pregnancy; progression; risk factors; severe adverse maternal morbidity

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BLOOD VOLUME; CESAREAN SECTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY CARE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ERROR; MULTIPARA; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETAINED PLACENTA; RISK FACTOR; SKILL; UNITED KINGDOM;

BLOOD LOSS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PROGRESSION; RISK FACTORS; SEVERE ADVERSE MATERNAL MORBIDITY;

DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL ERRORS; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84901193532     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.12588     Document Type: Article

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