According to the World Health Organization's latest statistics, from 2017, more than 800 women around the world die every day from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth -- the vast ...

African Journal of Reproductive Health / La Revue Africaine de la Santé Reproductive, Vol. 19, No. 3 (September 2015), pp. 151-157 (7 pages) Postpartum haemorrhage is one of the major causes of ...

A simple, inexpensive uterine balloon tamponade (UBT), is almost 86 percent effective in preventing maternal death from bleeding. According to the World Health Organization's latest statistics, from ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Two postpartum hemorrhage-control devices resulted in similar rates of blood loss, transfusion and device ...

Esophageal metal stents were more effective in controlling acute bleeding from varices in patients with cirrhosis and esophageal variceal bleeding and other adverse events vs. balloon tamponade, ...

Experience with the Sengstaken-Blakemore tube at the Grace-New Haven Community Hospital suggested that these complications are more frequent, more varied and more serious than generally recognized. A ...