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…Introduction Postpartum haemorrhage, or excessive bleeding after childbirth, is the leading cause o…

… and middle income countries with no underlying conditions (eg, HIV). Retrospective studies analysing maternal weight data from rou…

…ated10 and should be identified and addressed early.Recognition Obstetric haemorrhage, whether antepartum or postpartum, needs to be identified early…

…Postpartum haemorrhage is the leading cause of maternal mortality worldwide, accountin…

…rth. However, it has never been evaluated for the prevention of postpartum haemorrhage. This study aims to investigate whether routine external aortic…

…ative risk 1.01, 95% CI 0.25 to 4.00).Conclusions In women with placenta praevia who underwent caesarean delivery and received prophylactic oxyt…

…Objective What happens to a new mother experiencing postpartum haemorrhage when there is no blood available? Limited blood stores in remot…

…n regression models to estimate adjusted risk ratios (aRRs) for chorioamnionitis, postpartum haemorrhage, caesarean delivery, preterm birth, ver…

… data on mortality from a set of sentinel emergency conditions (paediatric diarrhoea, pneumonia, asthma, diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), postpartum hae…

… quality of oxytocin delivery at the point of care for managing postpartum haemorrhage. A 2022 survey of sampled health facilities in Ethiopia showed …

…64 per 100 000 live births), followed by HD (376) and HR (245). Postpartum haemorrhage was the leading cause of maternal death, accounting for 37% of …

…ocated in a developing country. One patient was a known case of hereditary thrombocytopenic purpura. Two other cases presented with TMA post-caesarean section comp…