title: [Analysis of death caused by postpartum hemorrhage].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyze the pathological characteristics and the death reasons due to postpartum hemorrhage, and to help to deal with the obstetrical medical tangles.
  
  
  METHODS
  Thirty-two cases of death caused by postpartum hemorrhage encountered in our department since 1995 had been collected and retrospectively analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Death caused by postpartum hemorrhage could be divided into single factor and multi-factor, with 81.25% due to single factor, 12.50% multi-factor, and 6.25% unknown reason. The single factors included uterine atony, retained placenta, placenta increta, laceration of the lower genital tract, and coagulation defects. The multi-factor included a combination of two or more factors mentioned above.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The causes of death due to postpartum hemorrhage should be analyzed according to the clinical characteristics of the postpartum hemorrhage and the autopsy examination.
authors.affiliation: West China School of Preclinical and Forensic Medicine, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China. holly.tony@163.com
authors.forename: Xiao-yan
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Fei-jun
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Dao-yin
authors.initials: DY
authors.lastname: Gong
authors.forename: Cen-cen
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Dong
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D001344:Autopsy; D001778:Blood Coagulation Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D002423:Cause of Death; D005260:Female; D049429:Forensic Pathology; D006801:Humans; D018457:Placenta, Retained; D006473:Postpartum Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014593:Uterine Inertia