Abstract:Background: Approximately 15% of all pregnant women (about 20 million
women) suffer from acute severe obstetric complications
, and the first 24 hours postpartum and the first
week after labor represent the main periods with the highest chances of
mortality. The most evident complication of which is hemorrhage; solely
accounting for 27% of all maternal deaths that occur worldwide
, and it being postpartum accounts for 73% of
all the hemorrhage cases. . Primary Post-partum
hemorrhage is formally defined as th… Show more
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