PERIPARTUM HYSTERECTOMY -INCIDENCE, INDICATIONS, RISK FACTORS AND OUTCOMES AT A TERITIARY CARE HOSPITAL

Changing Indications and Risk Factors for Peripartum Hysterectomy

Background: To determine the changing indications and risk factors for Peripartum Hysterectomy (PH), comparing the present times with the nineteen eighties. Methods: This retrospective comparative study was conducted in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (Unit-II) at Holy Family Hospital, Rawalpindi. Data of patients undergoing PH over a five-year period in the nineteen eighties, exte...

Peripartum hysterectomy risk factors in Taiwan.

Neonatal Thrombosis: Incidence and Risk Factors in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Iran

Background: Neonatal thrombosis is one of the most important challenges among patients admitted in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), which can lead to an asymptomatic condition, limb loss or even death. This study was performed to determine the incidence and risk factors of neonatal thrombosis in a tertiary care hospital in Tehran, Iran. Material and Methods: In this historical cohort, all n...

Emergency Peripartum Hysterectomy as Postpartum Hemorrhage Treatment: Incidence, Risk factors, and Complications.

INTRODUCTION The aim of the research was to investigate incidence, risk factors, and complications associated with emergency peripartum hysterectomy, the ultimate treatment method for intractable postpartum hemorrhage. METHODS This is a single center case-control study conducted in Chongqing city in central China from 1st January 2007 to 31st December 2012 for emergency peripartum hysterectom...

Emergency peripartum hysterectomy: frequency, indications and maternal outcome.

BACKGROUND Emergency Peripartum Hysterectomy (EPH), although rare in modern obstetrics, remains a life saving procedure in cases of severe haemorrhage. The aim of present study was to review the frequency, indication, associated risk factors, maternal morbidity and mortality associated with emergency peripartum hysterectomy in a private sector teaching hospital. METHODS This was a retrospecti...