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UPDATE ON THE NEW MODALITIES ON THE PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT OF POSTPARTUM HAEMORRHAGE

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2011

GHADA ABOU EL SENOUN ,
MANDEEP SINGH ,
HATEM A. MOUSA  and
ZARKO ALFIREVIC
GHADA ABOU EL SENOUN
Affiliation:
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Chesterfield Hospital, United Kingdom.
MANDEEP SINGH
Affiliation:
Fetal and Maternal Medicine, University Hospital Leicester, United Kingdom.
HATEM A. MOUSA*
Affiliation:
Fetal and Maternal Medicine, University Hospital Leicester, United Kingdom.
ZARKO ALFIREVIC
Affiliation:
Department of Women's and Children's Health, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom.
*
Hatem Mousa, Consultant Fetal and Maternal Medicine, University Hospital Leicester, United Kingdom. Email: [email protected]
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Some half a million women die annually across the world from causes related to pregnancy and childbirth. Approximately one-quarter of these deaths are caused by complications of the third stage of labour, mainly postpartum haemorrhage (PPH). In the developing world, the risk of maternal death from PPH is approximately one in 1000 deliveries. In the United Kingdom the risk of maternal death from obstetric haemorrhage is about 0.39 in 100000 deliveries.

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Fetal and Maternal Medicine Review , Volume 22 , Issue 4 , November 2011 , pp. 247 - 264
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011

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