Nature

Nomogram for predicting postpartum hemorrhage in women with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy

Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP), including gestational hypertension, preeclampsia, and eclampsia, are among the most serious complications affecting maternal and perinatal health 1. Globally ...
The Lancet

Postpartum haemorrhage: epidemiology, consequences, and missed opportunities

Excessive bleeding after childbirth, known as postpartum haemorrhage (PPH), can turn an uncomplicated birth into a catastrophe. Each year, PPH occurs in an estimated 27 million women worldwide—17 ...
Nature

Machine learning approach for the prediction of postpartum hemorrhage in vaginal birth

Postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) is the leading cause of morbidity in pregnant women worldwide and in Japan. The treatment of PPH has progressed during the last few decades. A variety of compression ...
The Lancet

Arri Coomarasamy: preventing postpartum haemorrhage

In 1986, Arri Coomarasamy, then a teenager, fled Sri Lanka's civil war with his family. “My mum woke us up in the middle of the night and said, ‘We are leaving.’ I didn’t get to say goodbye to my ...
Medscape

Anemia, Postpartum Hemorrhage, and Maternal Death: An Intervention in Africa Has Global Implications for Improving Outcomes

A successful multifaceted intervention to reduce postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) and maternal mortality (MM) in Sub-Saharan Africa — and the related confirmation of a link between prenatal anemia and PPH ...