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Post Partum Hemorrhage – Mini Review

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Charalampos Voros, Kalliopi Pappa

 

 

Postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) is an obstetric emergency. It is one of the top causes of maternal mortality in both high and low income countries, although the absolute risk of death from PPH is much lower in high-income countries. Several risk factors predispose to the development of PPH including prolonged labor, precipitous labor, uterine distension. In 2017, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists revised the definition of PPH to help guide its management. In the present mini-review we focus on specific medical and minimally invasive interventions, and surgical interventions at laparotomy…
Posted in 2020 Volume 19 – Issue 3 Tagged , ,

Massive secondary postpartum hemorrhage caused by pseudoaneurysm of uterine artery, treated with uterine artery embolization – An uncommon case report

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Ioannis Kokolakis, Fanis Makrigiannakis, Afroditi Ziogou, Antonios Makrigiannakis

 

 

Introduction: Uterine artery pseudoaneurysm is an uncommon cause of secondary postpartum hemorrhage that can be fatal. Material & Methods: We present a case of a 42-year-old woman who developed massive secondary postpartum hemorrhage 17 days after c-section and was diagnosed to have pseudoaneurysm from the left uterine artery on computed tomography scan. After blood transfusion she got hemodynamically stable and selective transcatheter arterial embolization was performed.
Posted in 2020 Volume 19 – Issue 2 Tagged , ,

Postpartum Hemorrhage after a Caesarean Section for Placenta Previa Centralis- Conservative Management

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Astrit M. Gashi

Placenta previa is the placement of the placenta in the inferior segment of the uterine cavity. This defective implantation of the placenta is in most cases due to a defective vascularization of the decidua. Multiparity, great mother’s age, previous abortions, previous caesarean section, multiple pregnancy, fetal abnormalities …

Posted in 2016 Volume 15 – Issue 4 Tagged ,