The AHA has published a webpage that highlights facts, causes, effects and solutions that hospitals and health systems can use for reducing the risk and severity of postpartum hemorrhage.

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Having an episiotomy, a surgical cut to the vagina during childbirth, doubles the risk of postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) in ...

Despite WHO recommending against its routine use, many episiotomies are still performed during childbirthHaving an episiotomy ...

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The authors conclude that recognising postpartum haemorrhage at lower blood loss volumes, alongside abnormal haemodynamic ...

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Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Detecting and treating PPH is stuck in the past, leading to many preventable deaths. It's ...

Maternal mortality is one of the health indicators that most reflect the social conditions of women. 1 The inequities observed in this indicator between high- and low-income countries and among ...