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Urogenital Diseases > Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications > Pregnancy Complications > Obstetric Labor Complications > Postpartum Hemorrhage
Urogenital Diseases > Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications > Pregnancy Complications > Puerperal Disorders > Postpartum Hemorrhage
Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms > Pathologic Processes > Hemorrhage > Uterine Hemorrhage > Postpartum Hemorrhage
... > Urogenital Diseases > Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications > Female Urogenital Diseases > Genital Diseases, Female > Uterine Diseases > Uterine Hemorrhage > Postpartum Hemorrhage
... > Urogenital Diseases > Genital Diseases > Genital Diseases, Female > Uterine Diseases > Uterine Hemorrhage > Postpartum Hemorrhage

Preferred term

Postpartum Hemorrhage  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Hemorrhage, Postpartum

Note

  • check the tags FEMALE & PREGNANCY

Scope note

  • Excess blood loss from uterine bleeding associated with OBSTETRIC LABOR or CHILDBIRTH. It is defined as blood loss greater than 500 ml or of the amount that adversely affects the maternal physiology, such as BLOOD PRESSURE and HEMATOCRIT. Postpartum hemorrhage is divided into two categories, immediate (within first 24 hours after birth) or delayed (after 24 hours postpartum).

History note

  • 90; was HEMORRHAGE, POSTPARTUM 1963-89

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D006473

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