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Danendran Krishnan1, Yuni Ongso, Marie Leknys
1BMedSci, MBBS, Obstetrics and Gynaecology Registrar, King Edward Memorial Hospital for Women, Subiaco, WA.
Australian Family Physician
|August 13, 2014
Abstract:
Obstetric haemorrhage, particularly post-partum haemorrhage has been noted to be the third most common direct cause of maternal deaths. According to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW), bleeding contributed up to 14% of maternal deaths caused by obstetric complications between the years 2003 and 2005.