Backgroun: Caesarean Hysterectomy is an emergency procedure and is performed in the event such as uterine rupture or uncontrollable postpartum hemorrhage. Postpartum hysterectomy can be performed a few hours of normal delivery, instrumental delivery or caesarean section or sometime may be done in puerperium. The objective of this study was to determine the incidence and causes of postpartum hem...

Abstract: Objective: To determine the maternal & perinatal morbidity and mortality associated with Placenta Praevia in Bangladesh. To assess the risk factors of antepartum hemorrhage associated with Placenta Praevia. Design: A cross sectional observational hospital based descriptive study. Setting: Obstetric inpatient units of two tertiary care teaching hospitals of Dhaka. Participants: One hun...

Every year, 14 million cases of obstetric hemorrhage occur worldwide, causing 127,000 maternal deaths. About 75% of postpartum hemorrhage cases are due to atonic uterus, which is loss of uterine muscular tone or strength for contraction of the uterus after delivery. The prediction of atonic uterus is therefore important for the prevention of postpartum maternal death. However, prediction of occ...

Hemorrhage, usually occur in the postpartum period, is responsible between one quarter and one third of obstetric deaths. According to the world health organization, obstetrics hemorrhage causes 127,000 deaths annually worldwide and is the leading cause of maternal mortality. Postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) is a frequent complication of delivery and its incidence is commonly reported as 2% 4% after...

objective: the maternal mortality ratio is an important health indicator. we presented the distribution and causes of maternal mortality in islamic republic of iran. materials and methods: after provision of an electronic registry system for date entry, a descriptive-retrospective data collection had been performed for all maternal deaths in march 2009- march 2012. all maternal deaths and their...

Postpartum hemorrhage is the most important cause of maternal death worldwide, and the most important cause of maternal morbidity in The Netherlands [1]. Postpartum hemorrhage can be differentiated into a primary (early) hemorrhage and secondary (late) hemorrhage. Primary postpartum hemorrhage develops in the first 24 hours postpartum and is usually caused by one of ‘the four T’s’: Tonus (uteri...

OBJECTIVE Guide policy-makers in prioritizing safe motherhood interventions. METHODS Three models (LOW, MED, HIGH) were constructed based on 34 sub-Saharan African countries to assess the relative cost-effectiveness of available safe motherhood interventions. Cost and effectiveness data were compiled and inserted into the WHO Mother Baby Package Costing Spreadsheet. For each model we assessed...

OBJECTIVE To assess the impact of the adoption of evidence based guidelines on maternal mortality reduction at Enugu State University Teaching Hospital, Nigeria. MATERIALS AND METHODS A retrospective review of all maternal deaths between 1 st January, 2005 and 31 st December, 2010 was carried out. Evidence based management guidelines for eclampsia and post-partum hemorrhage were adopted. Thes...