ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: Postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) is an important cause of maternal mortality (MM) around the world. Seventy percent of the PPH corresponds to uterine atony. The objective of our study was to evaluate multicenter PPH cases during a 10-month period, and evaluate severe postpartum hemorrhage management. STUDY DESIGN: The study population is a cohort of vaginal delivery and cesarean section patients with severe postpartum hemorrhage secondary to uterine atony. The study was designed as a descriptive, prospective, longitudinal, and multicenter study, during 10 months in 13 teaching hospitals. RESULTS: Total live births during the study period were 124,019 with 218 patients (0.17%) with severe postpartum hemorrhage (SPHH). Total maternal deaths were 8, for mortality rate of 3.6% and a MM rate of 6.45/100,000 live births (LB). Maternal deaths were associated with inadequate transfusion therapy. CONCLUSIONS: In all patients with severe hemorrhage and subsequent hypovolemic shock, the most important therapy is intravascular volume resuscitation, to reduce the possibility of target organ damage and death. Similarly, the current proposals of transfusion therapy in severe or massive hemorrhage point to early transfusion of blood products and use of fresh frozen plasma, in addition to packed red blood cells, to prevent maternal deaths.
Subject(s)
Postpartum Hemorrhage/therapy , Shock/therapy , Uterine Inertia/therapy , Adolescent , Adult , Blood Component Transfusion/methods , Central America , Cesarean Section , Cohort Studies , Delivery, Obstetric , Erythrocyte Transfusion/methods , Female , Humans , Ligation/methods , Longitudinal Studies , Methylergonovine/therapeutic use , Oxytocics/therapeutic use , Oxytocin/therapeutic use , Postpartum Hemorrhage/etiology , Postpartum Hemorrhage/mortality , Pregnancy , Prospective Studies , Prostaglandins/therapeutic use , Severity of Illness Index , Shock/etiology , Shock/mortality , Suture Techniques , Uterine Artery/surgery , Uterine Artery Embolization/methods , Uterine Balloon Tamponade , Uterine Inertia/mortality , Young AdultABSTRACT
Las muertes maternas son uno de los problemas de salud pública más graves del mundo y una violación a los derechos humanos de las mujeres. Las Naciones Unidas han reconocido que las altas tasas de morbilidad y mortalidad materna son inaceptables y que su prevención constituye una cuestión de derechos humanos que afecta el derecho de mujeres y niñas a la vida, la salud, la igualdad y a la no discriminación; el derecho a gozar de los avances del conocimiento científico y al más alto estándar de salud alcanzable (Naciones Unidas, 2009)...
