Acute blood loss in the postpartum period is the primary cause of maternal death worldwide [1] and postpartum hemorrhage complicates 4-6% of births [2]. In most cases of postpartum hemorrhage, bleeding from the genital tract is the source of the blood loss. Uterine atony accounts for 80% of postpartum hemorrhage [2] and genital tract injury, uterine inversion or rupture, genital tract or retrop...
