OBJECTIVE: To synthesize the literature on associations between social determinants of
health and pregnancy-related mortality and morbidity in the United States and to highlight …

Introduction: Postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) is one of the leading causes of maternal death
and severe maternal morbidity worldwide and strategies to prevent and treat PPH vary …

5 This is the fourth edition of this guideline. The first, published in 2001, was entitled
Placenta Praevia: 6 Diagnosis and Management; the second, published in 2005, was …

For more than half a century after the first case series of placenta accreta was reported in
1937, 1 the main and often only approach to management was a cesarean hysterectomy …

Due to its rapid and predictable onset, general anaesthesia for caesarean section (CS) is
nowadays virtually exclusively used in emergency situations, or when neuraxial anaesthesia …

Background It is unclear whether obesity is a risk factor for postpartum hemorrhage. The
authors hypothesized that obese women are at greater risk of hemorrhage than women with …

Postpartum hemorrhage is a leading cause of maternal morbidity and mortality, and uterine
atony is the leading cause of postpartum hemorrhage. Risk factors for uterine atony include …

Background: The administration of uterotonic agents during cesarean delivery is highly
variable. The authors hypothesized a “rule of threes” algorithm, featuring oxytocin 3 IU, timed …

Background: Obstetric hysterectomy (OH) as a lifesaving measure to manage uncontrolled
uterine hemorrhage appears to be increasing recently. The objective of this study was to …

Factores asociados a atonía uterina SciELO - Scientific Electronic Library Online vol.68
número2 Higroma quístico retronucal como marcador de anomalías cromosómicas en el …