Preventable maternal mortality associated with obstetric hemorrhage is a human tragedy that mainly occurs in low and middle-income countries (LMIC). Massive blood loss leads to hypovolemic shock, which decreases blood flow and therefore oxygen to tissues in the heart, lungs, and brain. Women can rapidly develop disseminated intravascular coagulopathy, tissue anoxia, single or multiple organ fai...

KEY CLINICAL MESSAGE Placenta percreta (with bladder invasion) is a rare obstetric condition with the risk of massive intraoperative hemorrhage. In these cases, the combination of a transverse uterine fundal incision and retrograde cesarean hysterectomy could be useful to minimize maternal hemorrhage and avoid severe bladder injury.

Introduction: Hemorrhage is a life threatening event starting from conception till puerperium and hence obstetrics has been aptly honored to be the business of blood. Antepartum hemorrhage defined as bleeding per vaginum occurring after fetus reached period viability but before birth baby. Early detection prompt action can help us provide better maternal care reduce morbidity mortality associat...

BACKGROUND Hemorrhage is the main cause of maternal death during pregnancy. This study aims to evaluate incidence and outcomes of Severe Ante Partum Hemorrhage (SAPH) during the third trimester of pregnancy prior to delivery. METHODS Analytical cross-sectional study with prospective data collection during 12 months in Yalgado Ouedraogo Hospital, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. In this context SAPH...

Intrapartum hemorrhage is a serious and sometimes life-threatening event. Several etiologies are known and include placental abruption, uterine atony, placenta accreta, and genital tract lacerations. Prompt recognition of blood loss, identification of the source of the hemorrhage, volume resuscitation, including red blood cells and blood products when required, will result in excellent maternal...

Obstetric hysterectomy is one marker of obstetric morbidity. It is considered one of the riskiest and dramatic operations in modern obstetric, where the uterus is removed at the time of caesarean section, following caesarean section immediately after vaginal delivery or in the period of puerperium in order to reduce maternal mortality and morbidity [1]. Emergency obstetric hysterectomy is a lif...

Abstract Background Maternal mortality ratio is an important indicator to evaluate the health status in developing countries. Previous studies on maternal China were limited certain areas or short periods of time, and there was a lack research correlations with public funding. This study aimed assess trends ratio, causes death, between total financing composition from 1990 2019. Methods Data th...

PURPOSE We aimed to evaluate whether morphologic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) features could help to predict the maternal outcome after uterine artery embolization (UAE)-assisted cesarean section (CS) in patients with invasive placenta previa. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed the MRI data of 40 pregnant women who have undergone UAE-assisted cesarean section due to suspected high risk o...

INTRODUCTION Postpartum maternal morbidity is a serious public health problem. Major acute and long-term obstetric morbidities affect the life and reproductive career of women. OBJECTIVE To determine the incidence, pattern and associated factors of postpartum maternal morbidity in the Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH) and offer suggestions on various interventions to reduce this postpar...

Fetomaternal hemorrhage refers to the entry of fetal blood into the maternal circulation before or during delivery. Very small amount of fetal red cells are normally detectable in all pregnancies. Massive fetomaternal bleed is very rare and even rarer is the resultant severe anemia causing early neonatal death, despite an uneventful normal pregnancy until the end. Antenatal fetomaternal hemorrh...