Clinical characteristics of women captured by extending the definition of severe postpartum haemorrhage with 'refractoriness to treatment': a cohort study

• Main Authors: Dacia D. C. A. Henriquez (Author), Ada Gillissen (Author), Sharissa M. Smith (Author), Roos A. Cramer (Author), Thomas van den Akker (Author), Joost J. Zwart (Author), Jos J. M. van Roosmalen (Author), Kitty W. M. Bloemenkamp (Author), Johanna G. van der Bom (Author), on behalf of the TeMpOH-1 study group (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The absence of a uniform and clinically relevant definition of severe postpartum haemorrhage hampers comparative studies and optimization of clinical management. The concept of persistent postpartum haemorrhage, based on refractoriness to initial first-line treatment, was propose...