What is it about?
Post partum haemorrhage , which is an excessive bleeding which takes place after delivery due to loss of tone of uterus mostly. if this bleeding does not controlled may lead to severe blood loss and to save mother , hysterectomy (removal of uterus) may have to be performed. if Uterine balloon tamponade is inserted inside the uterus, bleeding will stop by pressure of balloon tamponade.
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Why is it important?
Maternal mortality is most commonly seen due to post partum haemorrhage. if uterine balloon tamponade is used at the first alarming signal of PPH. as every seconds matter if PPH start. If act at the earliest one can save mother's life and her uterus too.Every obstetrician and midwives should be trained for using uterine balloon tamponade. and it will help to bring down the maternal mortality rate of the world
Perspectives
Writing this article as a co-author was great pleasure. as everyone is working hard with one goal of reducing maternal mortality & morbidity. Every mother should be saved from postpartum bleeding.
Kshama Kedar
Indira Gandhi Government Medical College and Hospital
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This page is a summary of: Time for global scale-up, not randomized trials, of uterine balloon tamponade for postpartum hemorrhage, International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, April 2018, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1002/ijgo.12492.
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