<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Postpartum hemorrhages represent a major cause of maternal mortality everywhere in the world and in Romania obstetrical hemorrhages are directly incriminated in 47.85% from the cases reported between 1975 -2010. This retrospective study over a period of five years (2008 - 2012) includes the clinical-statistical analysis of postpartum hemorrhages (PPH) registered in “Prof. Dr. Panait Sîrbu” Clinical Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynecology in Bucharest. During the period under analysis there were 20204 births, out of which 13012 were vaginal and 7192 by caesarean section. There were 853 cases of postpartum hemorrhage with significant clinical manifestations, which required medical management, 4.22% of all births. In 459 cases there were reported hemorrhagic complications after caesarean section (6.368% of caesarean sections), representing 53.81% of postpartum hemorrhage. The severity of intra-operative and post-cesarean bleeding is due to its association to anesthetic risk, which is more important in cesarean, as well as to the associated pathology that indicated the caesarean section in the first place</p></abstract>

Postpartum hemorrhages represent a major cause of maternal mortality everywhere in the world and in Romania obstetrical hemorrhages are directly incriminated in 47.85% from the cases reported between 1975 -2010. This retrospective study over a period of five years (2008 - 2012) includes the clinical-statistical analysis of postpartum hemorrhages (PPH) registered in “Prof. Dr. Panait Sîrbu” Clinical Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynecology in Bucharest. During the period under analysis there were 20204 births, out of which 13012 were vaginal and 7192 by caesarean section. There were 853 cases of postpartum hemorrhage with significant clinical manifestations, which required medical management, 4.22% of all births. In 459 cases there were reported hemorrhagic complications after caesarean section (6.368% of caesarean sections), representing 53.81% of postpartum hemorrhage. The severity of intra-operative and post-cesarean bleeding is due to its association to anesthetic risk, which is more important in cesarean, as well as to the associated pathology that indicated the caesarean section in the first place

Postpartum Hemorrhage after Cesarean Delivery - Causes and Management Statistics of „Prof. Dr. Panait Sîrbu „ Hospital- Bucharest

The Clinical Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynecology “Prof. Dr. Panait Sîrbu “, Bucharest

ARS Medica Tomitana

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Postpartum hemorrhages represent a major cause of maternal mortality everywhere in the world and in Romania obstetrical hemorrhages are directly incriminated...

Postpartum Hemorrhage after Cesarean Delivery - Causes and Management Statistics of „Prof. Dr. Panait Sîrbu „ Hospital- Bucharest

Published Online: Apr 23, 2014

Page range: 30 - 34

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/arsm-2014-0006

Keywords
postpartum hemorrhage, cesarean section, delivery

© by D.P. Pană

This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Postpartum Hemorrhage after Cesarean Delivery - Causes and Management Statistics of „Prof. Dr. Panait Sîrbu „ Hospital- Bucharest

Published Online: Apr 23, 2014

Page range: 30 - 34

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/arsm-2014-0006

Keywordspostpartum hemorrhage, cesarean section, delivery

© by D.P. Pană

This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Keywords
postpartum hemorrhage, cesarean section, delivery