Alison M El Ayadi*, Nuriya Robinson, Stacie Geller and Suellen Miller Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health, University of California, 50 Beale Street, Suite 1200, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Illinois, 820 S. Wood Street, M/C 808, Chicago, IL 60612, USA Department of Obs...

As a stable, orally active and cheap uterotonic, misoprostol would appear ideally suited to the prevention of postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) in the developing world. Following numerous clinical trials, it appears that misoprostol prophylaxis using an oral or sublingual dose of 600 microg is more effective than placebo at preventing PPH in community births (relative risk 0.59, 95% confidence interv...

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Background: Postpartum hemorrhage is an important problem because it related to maternal health and can cause death. The definition of postpartum bleeding 500 ml or more that occurs after the baby born. In 2013, highest mortality rate in Indonesia was caused by hemorrhage, which 30.3%. most common etiology uterine atony (60%) placental complications (36%), largest factor (4%) a history previous...

Secondary postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) is defined as excessive vaginal bleeding from 24 h after delivery up to 6 weeks postpartum1. Unlike the definition of primary PPH, there is no clear or standard definition for quantity of the blood loss associated with secondary PPH, and clinical expressions of this definition vary from ‘increased lochia’ to massive bleeding. The diagnosis is therefore all ...