Description
Book SynopsisPostpartum haemorrhage is excessive bleeding after childbirth. The most common cause is the separation of the placenta from the uterus, but other causes include cervical lacerations, a large episiotomy or a ruptured uterus.
Part of the World Clinics: Obstetrics & Gynecology series, this new volume is a comprehensive guide to postpartum haemorrhage. Beginning with a list of useful abbreviations, the book covers both primary and secondary causes of the condition, describing both surgical and non-surgical management techniques.
With contributions from many UK-based specialists, this manual includes WHO (World Health Organisation) and FIGO (International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics) protocols and recommendations.
Key points
- New volume in World Clinics: Obstetics & Gynecology series
- Covers surgical and non-surgical treatment of primary and secondary causes of postpartum haemorrhage
- Includes WHO and FIGO protocols and recommendations
- Many UK-based contributors
Table of Contents
- Foreword
- Editorial
- Abbreviations
- First Response Management
- Managing Vaginal Tears
- Cervical Tears
- Supra- and Infralevator Hematomas
- Morbidly Adherent Placenta
- Postpartum Sepsis
- Uterine Ecbolics
- Nonsurgical Tamponade
- Surgical Tamponade
- Uterine and Internal Iliac Artery Ligation
- Role of Interventional Radiology and Uterine Artery Embolization
- Major Obstetric Hemorrhage and Blood Transfusion
- Blood and Component Therapy
- Sheehan Syndrome and Life after PPH
- Role of Simulation Training
- Audit and Clinical Governance in PPH
- Appendix A: WHO Guidelines for Active Management of Third Stage of Labor
- Appendix B: MamaNatalie—A New PPH Training Simulator
- Appendix C: WHO Recommendations on Prevention and Treatment of Postpartum Hemorrhage
- Appendix D: FIGO Recommendations for the Prevention and Treatment of PPH
- Appendix E: Obstetric Emergency Box— Saves Time, Saves Hands and Saves Lives
