Abstract

NAPOLES MENDEZ, Danilo. Practical considerations on hemorrhage during peripartum. MEDISAN [online]. 2012, vol.16, n.7, pp. 1114-1136. ISSN 1029-3019.

Hemorrhage of obstetric origin constitutes the first maternal morbidity and mortality cause in the region of the Americas and of the world, with the postpartum bleeding as its most common form of presentation. The present review has been aimed at updating the available information on prevention, early diagnosis and intervention concerning medical or surgical treatment of the risky event, so that it supports the scientific community of this discipline in the decision making process, contributes to achieve a better control of this negative disorder in the females and diminishes the number of dead mothers due to complications of pregnancy, delivery or puerperium, as the one mentioned at the beginning of this synthesis.

Keywords : woman; hemorrhage; postpartum bleeding; maternal morbidity; maternal mortality; obstetric complication.

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