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. 2000 Oct 10;120(24):2864-6.

[Hemorrhage after Cesarean section]

[Article in Norwegian]
T M Eggebø  1 , L K Gjessing
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[Hemorrhage after Cesarean section]

[Article in Norwegian]
T M Eggebø et al. Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen. .
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Abstract

Background: Caesarean delivery may cause serious complications; haemorrhage is one of them.

Material and methods: By the use of information registered in a database in 1997-99 at Rogaland Central Hospital, 978 cesarean deliveries were investigated.

Results: Mean bleeding was 460 ml. 203 (20.8%) women had a blood loss of more than 500 ml and 17 (1.7%) of more than 1,500 ml. Multiple pregnancies, acute caesarean, general anaesthesia, increasing age of mother, high birth-weight, low gestational age, placenta praevia, abruptio placentae and arrest of delivery progression were associated with increased bleeding.

Interpretation: Several identifiable factors are associated with increased blood loss after caesarean delivery. Serious blood loss is rare.

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