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Review
. 2019 May;37(2):287-300.
doi: 10.1016/j.emc.2019.01.014.

Postdelivery Emergencies

Natasha Wheaton  1 , Aws Al-Abdullah  2 , Tyler Haertlein  2
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Review

Postdelivery Emergencies

Natasha Wheaton et al. Emerg Med Clin North Am. 2019 May.

Erratum in

  • Erratum.
    [No authors listed] [No authors listed] Emerg Med Clin North Am. 2020 Nov;38(4):xiii. doi: 10.1016/j.emc.2020.06.016. Emerg Med Clin North Am. 2020. PMID: 32981629 No abstract available.

Abstract

This article covers a high-risk time in a woman's life, the period just after delivery of her baby. There are large variations in complication rates across various groups in the United States. Many women seek care in the emergency department for routine and more serious postpartum pathologies. Emergency physicians should be well versed in common and life-threatening complications of delivery. The specific pathologies discussed in this article include lactation in the emergency department, postpartum hemorrhage, amniotic fluid embolism, endometritis, and mastitis.

Keywords: Amniotic fluid embolism; Endometritis; Lactation; Mastitis; Postdelivery complications; Postpartum hemorrhage.

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