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Trends in postpartum hemorrhage in high resource countries: a review and recommendations from the International Postpartum Hemorrhage Collaborative Group

BMC pregnancy and childbirth, 2009-11, Vol.9 (1), p.55-55, Article 55 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License ;Copyright ©2009 Knight et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2009 Knight et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. ;ISSN: 1471-2393 ;EISSN: 1471-2393 ;DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-9-55 ;PMID: 19943928

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Title:
Trends in postpartum hemorrhage in high resource countries: a review and recommendations from the International Postpartum Hemorrhage Collaborative Group
Author: Knight, Marian ; Callaghan, William M ; Berg, Cynthia ; Alexander, Sophie ; Bouvier-Colle, Marie-Helene ; Ford, Jane B ; Joseph, K S ; Lewis, Gwyneth ; Liston, Robert M ; Roberts, Christine L ; Oats, Jeremy ; Walker, James
Subjects: Australia ; Australia - epidemiology ; Canada ; Canada - epidemiology ; Female ; France ; France - epidemiology ; Great Britain ; Gynecology and obstetrics ; Human health and pathology ; Humans ; Incidence ; International Cooperation ; Life Sciences ; Maternal Mortality ; Maternal Mortality - trends ; Medical Records ; Medical Records - statistics & numerical data ; Obstetrics ; Obstetrics - statistics & numerical data ; Population Surveillance ; Postpartum Hemorrhage ; Postpartum Hemorrhage - diagnosis ; Postpartum Hemorrhage - mortality ; Postpartum Hemorrhage - prevention & control ; Postpartum Period ; Practice Guidelines as Topic ; Pregnancy ; Pregnancy Outcome ; Pregnancy Outcome - epidemiology ; Prenatal Care ; Prenatal Care - organization & administration ; Quality Assurance, Health Care ; Quality Assurance, Health Care - organization & administration ; Research article ; Risk Factors ; United Kingdom - epidemiology ; United States ; United States - epidemiology ; Women's Health
Is Part Of: BMC pregnancy and childbirth, 2009-11, Vol.9 (1), p.55-55, Article 55
Description: Postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) is a major cause of maternal mortality and morbidity worldwide. Several recent publications have noted an increasing trend in incidence over time. The international PPH collaboration was convened to explore the observed trends and to set out actions to address the factors identified. We reviewed available data sources on the incidence of PPH over time in Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, the United Kingdom and the USA. Where information was available, the incidence of PPH was stratified by cause. We observed an increasing trend in PPH, using heterogeneous definitions, in Australia, Canada, the UK and the USA. The observed increase in PPH in Australia, Canada and the USA was limited solely to immediate/atonic PPH. We noted increasing rates of severe adverse outcomes due to hemorrhage in Australia, Canada, the UK and the USA. Key Recommendations 1. Future revisions of the International Classification of Diseases should include separate codes for atonic PPH and PPH immediately following childbirth that is due to other causes. Also, additional codes are required for placenta accreta/percreta/increta. 2. Definitions of PPH should be unified; further research is required to investigate how definitions are applied in practice to the coding of data. 3. Additional improvement in the collection of data concerning PPH is required, specifically including a measure of severity. 4. Further research is required to determine whether an increased rate of reported PPH is also observed in other countries, and to further investigate potential risk factors including increased duration of labor, obesity and changes in second and third stage management practice. 5. Training should be provided to all staff involved in maternity care concerning assessment of blood loss and the monitoring of women after childbirth. This is key to reducing the severity of PPH and preventing any adverse outcomes. 6. Clinicians should be more vigilant given the possibility that the frequency and severity of PPH has in fact increased. This applies particularly to small hospitals with relatively few deliveries where management protocols may not be defined adequately and drugs or equipment may not be on hand to deal with unexpected severe PPH.
Publisher: England: BioMed Central Ltd
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 1471-2393
EISSN: 1471-2393
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-9-55
PMID: 19943928
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Trends in postpartum hemorrhage in high resource countries: a review and recommendations from the International Postpartum Hemorrhage Collaborative Group

Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License ;Copyright ©2009 Knight et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2009 Knight et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. ;ISSN: 1471-2393 ;EISSN: 1471-2393 ;DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-9-55 ;PMID: 19943928

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