Postpartum hemorrhage: use of hemostatic combat gauze.
Cheap and simple interventions that are intended to minimize postpartum hemorrhage are of major public health concern. We report a case of postpartum hemorrhage in which conservative interventions had failed. The use of a chitosan-covered gauze that originally was developed for combat trauma allowed us to achieve hemostasis, and a seemingly inevitable hysterectomy was avoided.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Marienkrankenhaus Hamburg, Germany.
Bernd C
BC
Schmid
Günther A
GA
Rezniczek
Norbert
N
Rolf
Holger
H
Maul
D000328:Adult; D001458:Bandages; D002585:Cesarean Section / Q000009:adverse effects*; D048271:Chitosan / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D015232:Dinoprostone / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006488:Hemostasis, Surgical / Q000379:methods*; D006490:Hemostatics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D010121:Oxytocin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006473:Postpartum Hemorrhage / Q000628:therapy*; D011247:Pregnancy; D013537:Sutures
D006490:Hemostatics; D010121:Oxytocin; C016767:sulprostone; D048271:Chitosan; D015232:Dinoprostone