Publication: Redefining postpartum hemorrhage
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Date
2005
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Original Article
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Journal ISSN
ISSN (Print) : 1993-2979 | ISSN (Online) : 1993-2987
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Pages
Pages: 56 - 59
Publisher
Institute of Medicine
Abstract
Abstract
In the prospective study conducted in TUTH; 300 women with the active management of labour were enrolled; visual estimation of blood loss (volume criteria) was found to poorly correlate with changes in hemoglobin and hematocrit with unacceptably low sensitivity (3.4%) and specificity (93.4%) compared to the hemoglobin criteria (sensitivity 80.7% & specificity 93.9%) or the hematocrit criteria (sensitivity 89.7% & specificity 88.1%); thus suggesting redefinition of PPH in order to identify larger number of women with this problem; which may aid to bring down the morbidity and mortality associated with PPH.
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S. Adhikari Dept of Ob/Gyn, TUTH, IOM
K.D. Bista
Dept of Ob/Gyn, TUTH, IOM
A. Rana
Dept of Ob/Gyn, TUTH, IOM
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https://doi.org/10.59779/jiomnepal.207