Technology for Quantifying the Postpartum Blood Loss
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Using the kanga to measure postpartum blood loss.
Postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) represents a quarter of all pregnancy-related mortality worldwide [1] and an even higher percentage in sub-Saharan Africa [2]. The following observation was made during focus group discussions with traditional birth attendants (TBAs) in Kigoma, Tanzania, as part of a study usingmisoprostol to treat PPH. Such study is yielding encouraging results, but even without mis...
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عنوان ژورنال: Sovremennye tehnologii v medicine
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2076-4243
DOI: 10.17691/stm2020.12.3.09