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SECONDARY POSTPARTUM HAEMORRHAGE

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 December 2011

CATHERINE E M AIKEN ,
MOHAMED K MEHASSEB  and
ANDREW PRENTICE
CATHERINE E M AIKEN
Affiliation:
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK
MOHAMED K MEHASSEB*
Affiliation:
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK
ANDREW PRENTICE
Affiliation:
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK
*
Mohamed Mehasseb, Department of Obstetrics and gynecology, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom. Email: mohamed.mehasseb@doctors.net.uk
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Secondary postpartum haemorrhage is defined as any abnormal or excessive bleeding from the birth canal occurring between 24 hours and up to 12 weeks postpartum. The quantity of blood loss that constitutes secondary postpartum bleeding, unlike primary postpartum hemorrhage, is not clearly defined. Subjective estimation of the amount of blood loss constituting ‘haemorrhage’ accounts for at least some of the variation in reported incidence of secondary postpartum haemorrhage from 0.47% to 2%

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Fetal and Maternal Medicine Review , Volume 23 , Issue 1 , February 2012 , pp. 1 - 14
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011

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