Acute Sheehan’s Syndrome Associated with Postpartum Hemorrhage

Case Report: Postpartum hemorrhage associated with Dengue

Dengue infection during peripartum period, although rare in Background: endemic regions, has challenged clinicians regarding its management, especially if a parturient woman experiences postpartum hemorrhage due to a classical risk factor of maternal bleeding. A full-term pregnant Vietnamese woman was diagnosed with Case: polyhydramnios and Dengue with warning signs (DWS). She was administered ...

Severe Acute Maternal Morbidity and Postpartum Hemorrhage

For every woman who dies of postpartum hemorrhage (PPH), many more suffer shortand long-term consequences even when well managed. During the 1990s, the concept of severe adverse maternal morbidity (SAMM) emerged in response to the need for a more sensitive marker of quality of maternity care than maternal death1,2. This concept and the accompanying acronym have the advantage of drawing attentio...

Arteriovenous malformation of the uterus associated with secondary postpartum hemorrhage.

We present the case of a young woman with persistent secondary postpartum hemorrhage. Transvaginal imaging demonstrated an irregular pulsatile lesion in the anterior myometrium. Color Doppler analysis revealed the presence of abnormal vessels consistent with an arteriovenous malformation. Typically this vascular abnormality had a turbulent pattern of arterial and venous flow with high peak velo...

Postpartum Hemorrhage Causes Maternal Mortality

Postpartum hemorrhage.

Postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) is the most important single cause of maternal death in both developing and developed countries. It arises from abnormalities in one of four basic processes, with uterine atony being the most common. A multidisciplinary approach to management is important. The value of oxytocin and prostaglandins, including misoprostol, in treatment is discussed. Recently developed, ...