Comprehensive maternal hemorrhage protocols reduce the use of blood products and improve patient safety

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 212, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 272-280

  Shields, Laurence E ^a,b   Wiesner, Suzanne ^a   Fulton, Janet ^a   Pelletreau, Barbara ^a  

^a Patient Safety   (United States)

^b Maternal Fetal Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

maternal hemorrhage; patient safety; transfusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRECIPITATE; DELIVERY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INTRAUTERINE BALLOON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NURSE; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; PUERPERIUM; RISK REDUCTION; TREATMENT DURATION; UTERINE ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; UTERINE ATONY; ALGORITHM; CLINICAL TRIAL; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; HEMOSTASIS; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREGNANCY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ALGORITHMS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEMOSTATIC TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84924709643     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2014.07.012     Document Type: Review

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