title: New approaches to obstetric hemorrhage: the postpartum hemorrhage consensus algorithm.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Postpartum hemorrhage is increasingly frequent and a major contributor to maternal morbidity and mortality. Although individual steps, such as coagulation or surgical management, have been reviewed, there is little information on treatment algorithms.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A treatment algorithm for postpartum hemorrhage was developed by the experts from three different specialties and from three countries. The algorithm describes symptoms, diagnosis, general measurements, medication, and organizational aspects.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The algorithm is thought to serve as a template for local adaptation. It will hopefully improve the management of postpartum hemorrhage.
authors.affiliation: aDepartment of Anesthesiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland bInterdisciplinary Centre for Gynecology, Gynecooncology and Feto-Maternal Medicine, Klagenfurt, Austria cDepartment of Obstetrics/Prenatal Diagnosis and Fetal Physiology, University Hospital Jena, Jena Germany.
authors.forename: Thierry
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Girard
authors.forename: Manfred
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mörtl
authors.forename: Dietmar
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Schlembach
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000465:Algorithms; D032921:Consensus; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006473:Postpartum Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*; D011247:Pregnancy