Primary Postpartum Haemorrhage – Morbidity And Mortality

Haemorrhage and maternal morbidity and mortality in Pakistan.

Factors influencing mortality and morbidity after clinically apparent intraventricular haemorrhage

In other conditions associated with placental oedema-such as the fetofetal transfusion syndrome, and hydrops fetalis due to rhesus isoimmunisation or congenital syphilis-low levels of the maternally synthesised immunoglobulin IgG have been found in the cord bloods of the infants.7 8 These findings suggest that placental transfer ofIgG is also reduced. We, like Chiang and Wei,7 found that the co...

Factors influencing mortality and morbidity after clinically apparent intraventricular haemorrhage.

Twenty newborn infants with clinically apparent intraventricular haemorrhage were studied in order to determine the factors associated with mortality and morbidity. Ten survived, 4 without handicap and 2 with only moderate handicap. Maturity and not size of haemorrhage appeared to be the main factor affecting mortality and morbidity at 1 year. Coma longer than 24 hours after intraventricular ha...

Massive primary postpartum haemorrhage: setting up standards of care.

OBJECTIVE To review practice of massive primary postpartum haemorrhage management and develop a protocol. METHODS Cross-sectional study conducted at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi between January 1, 2003 and July 31, 2004. Women with primary postpartum haemorrhage and had blood loss > or = 1000ml were included in the study. Medical record...

Laboratory prediction of primary postpartum haemorrhage: a comparative cohort study

BACKGROUND Postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) is the leading cause of maternal deaths, the world over. The aim of this study was to determine laboratory parameters that could serve as risk factors for primary PPH. METHODS This comparative cohort study involved 350 pregnant women at term who were recruited consecutively from the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana. PPH was defined as a mea...