Obstetric haemorrhage in the perioperative environment

Br J Perioper Nurs. 2005 Jul;15(7):292-6, 298-301. doi: 10.1177/175045890501500702.

Abstract

Massive haemorrhage remains a serious complication of childbirth despite advances in knowledge and surgical technique, with the number of mothers dying in the UK from haemorrhage appearing to be on the increase.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Catheter Ablation
  • Causality
  • Cause of Death
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation / diagnosis
  • Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation / etiology
  • Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation / therapy
  • Emergencies
  • Hemostatic Techniques
  • Humans
  • Needs Assessment
  • Nurse's Role
  • Operating Room Nursing / organization & administration
  • Oxytocics / therapeutic use
  • Perioperative Care* / methods
  • Perioperative Care* / nursing
  • Perioperative Care* / standards
  • Postpartum Hemorrhage / diagnosis*
  • Postpartum Hemorrhage / epidemiology
  • Postpartum Hemorrhage / etiology
  • Postpartum Hemorrhage / therapy*
  • Suture Techniques
  • Time Factors
  • United Kingdom / epidemiology

Substances

  • Oxytocics