Blood loss at vaginal delivery.
Although the accurate assessment of blood loss at vaginal delivery is clinically important in terms of maternal morbidity and mortality, the quantity is usually underestimated. We present a simple, practical, and convenient method of quantitating blood loss at vaginal delivery. The method of vaginal delivery (spontaneous versus forceps) does not significantly affect blood loss; an episiotomy, a laceration, or both may.
D000653:Amniotic Fluid; D001810:Blood Volume; D036861:Delivery, Obstetric; D004841:Episiotomy; D005260:Female; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods; D010298:Parity; D011247:Pregnancy