Obstetric hemorrhage is a nightmare for pregnant woman and her family. It one of the “trias maternal death”, although it factor that can be avoided with proper timely treatment.

Introduction: Antepartum hemorrhage (APH) is a grave obstetrical emergency. Maternal and perinatal complications in APH are anemia, malpresentatons, postpartum hemorrhage, shock, low birth weight, intrauterine death, and birth asphyxia. Aims And Objectives: Aims of the present study were to find the demographic profile, type of APH, maternal and perinatal complications. Patients And Methods: It...

BACKGROUND Obstetric hemorrhage is the leading cause of severe maternal morbidity and of preventable maternal mortality in the United States. The California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative developed a comprehensive quality improvement tool kit for hemorrhage based on the national patient safety bundle for obstetric hemorrhage and noted promising results in pilot implementation projects. O...

The purpose of this study was to assess the effectiveness of instituting a comprehensive protocol for the treatment of maternal hemorrhage within a large health care system. A comprehensive maternal hemorrhage protocol was initiated within a health care system with 29 different delivery units and with >60,000 annual births. Compliance with key elements of the protocol was assessed monthly by a ...

OBJECTIVE Postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) is an important cause of maternal mortality (MM) around the world. Seventy percent of the PPH corresponds to uterine atony. The objective of our study was to evaluate multicenter PPH cases during a 10-month period, and evaluate severe postpartum hemorrhage management. STUDY DESIGN The study population is a cohort of vaginal delivery and cesarean section p...

— In this work, we present a novel technique for ultrasound image processing (2D signals). The Moving Average Hybrid FIR filter (MAH-FIR) which it work with two different FIR filter, the Moving Average (MA) and Median Hybrid (FMH) filters. We experimented with continuous linear regression function and Lagrange multiplier to obtain the approximation of the MA-FIR and FMH-FIR filters, respectivel...

BACKGROUND To investigate the cesarean Section (C/S) rates and maternal mortality (MM) causes and its relation between 2002 and 2013. METHODS Data were gathered from Turkish Ministry of Health and Istanbul Health Administration. The Annual Clinical Reports for 2002-2013 were reviewed and analyzed: C/Ss and maternal deaths in women who gave birth ≥20 weeks between January 1, 2002, and December...

Congenital esophageal stenosis (CES) can be classified into three types based on the etiology of stenosis: tracheobronchial remnants (TBRs), fibromuscular hypertrophy (FMH), and membranous diaphragm (MD). It is important to make a differential diagnosis because the therapeutic plan for CES is determined by its etiology. Most cases of FMH and MD can be managed with balloon dilatation, whereas ca...

Background: Antepartum haemorrhage complicates three to five percent of pregnancies contributing to perinatal and maternal morbidity and mortality. Timely access to quality obstetric services is the major determinant of both maternal and newborn outcomes after antepartum haemorrhage. In Ethiopia, the magnitude and consequences of antepartum haemorrhage are not well studied. The objective of thi...