Haematocrit as diagnostic tool for assessing Primary Postpartum haemorrhage
Journal Title: Indian Journal of Clinical Anatomy and Physiology - Year 2018, Vol 5, Issue 2
Abstract
Introduction A woman is most vulnerable at the postpartum period About 5070 of maternal deaths occur in the postpartum period of which 45 deaths occur in the first 24 hours after delivery and more than two thirds during the first week Between 1117 maternal deaths occur during child birth itself There is a direct correlation between haemoglobin haematocrit and red blood corpuscle values with the amount of blood loss With increase in blood loss the incidence of PPH will be moreMaterials and Methods 500 pregnant women of 1835 years undergoing vaginal delivery at Mc Gann teaching district hospital Shivamogga were evaluated for hematological parameters Hb Hct RBC during their admission for delivery and on first postpartum day The American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology defines PPH as a 10 change in haematocrit value between the labour admission and postpartum periodResults There was reduction in the mean values of Hb Hct RBC and the results were statistically highly significant plt0001 The incidence of primary PPH was 148 as determined by 10 decrease in hematocrit levelConclusion Laboratory analysis of haematological parameters being simple and accurate method has to be followed even during postpartum period to assess to take necessary measures and to prevent primary PPH and thereby decreasing the maternal morbidity and mortalityKeywords Postpartum haemorrhage Visual estimation Hematocrit
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Sneha K, Girish Babu M, Manjunath ML
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