ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE - CORRECT ANSWER Blood loss of >500 mL
with vaginal delivery
Blood loss of > 1000 mL with C/S
Happens within 24 hours
EARLY POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE & CAUSES - CORRECT
ANSWER Inversion
Lacerations
Incomplete separation of the placenta
Early = within 24 hours
Uterine atony
LATE POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE & CAUSES - CORRECT
ANSWER Retained placental fragments (most common)
Endometritis
Subinvolution
Late = >24 hrs but <6 weeks
4 T's of POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE - CORRECT ANSWER Trauma
Tone
Tissue
Thrombin
POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE RISK FACTORS - CORRECT
ANSWER Chorioamnionitis
High parity