In this study we aimed to identify the risk factors for acute postpartum hemorrhage in pregnant women. We investigated a number of potential factors, including maternal age, gestational parity, birth weight, single or multiple pregnancies, episiotomy, tears requiring vaginal perineal suturing, and placental retention. Data from 1628 deliveries performed 2019 2020 were included. The age ranged b...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to determine risk factors for postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) that includes intergenerational transmission of risk of postpartum hemorrhage. STUDY DESIGN We linked birth records of women and their daughters and granddaughters in 2 Scottish birth cohorts: the Walker cohort (collected from 1952-1966) and the Scottish Morbidity Records cohort (collected from 1...

The global rate of maternal mortality is 260/100,000 live births, and approximately 500,000 mothers are lost annually as a result of pregnancy-related issues1. Rates of death are disproportionately high in developing countries, where maternal mortality as high as 920/100,000 live births has been recorded in sub-Saharan Africa2. Overall, postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) affects 1–5% of all deliveries...

Management of massive, life-threatening primary postpartum hemorrhage in the labor and delivery service is a challenge for the clinical team and hospital transfusion service. Because severe postpartum obstetrical hemorrhage is uncommon, its occurrence can result in emergent but variable and nonstandard requests for blood products. The implementation of a standardized massive transfusion protoco...