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Table 4 Management of postpartum haemorrhage

From: The impact of the implementation of the postpartum haemorrhage management guidelines at the first regional perinatal centre in Southern Kazakhstan

 

Pre-intervention period (n = 76)

Post-intervention period (n = 74)

 

No.

%

No.

%

p

Uterotonics

68

89.5

71

95.9

0.128

No. of cases when blood transfusion was performed

19

25

32

43.2

0.018

No. of transfused packed red blood cells/case

4.76

 

2.48

  

No. of transfused plasma units

503

 

402

  

Repair of lacerations

-

-

4

5.4

0.040

Manual removal of retained placenta

5

6.6

19

25.7

0.001

Uterine massage

1

1.3

20

27

0.000

Conservative operation

3

3.9

36

48.6

0.000

Radical operation

18

23.7

6

8.1

0.009