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Postpartum Hemorrhage. HEE HEE That’s the only fake blood I could manage!!! Too messy. Jessi Goldstein MD MCH Fellow September 7, 2011. Objectives. We will discuss: Prevention of PPH. Causes of PPH. Initial and secondary interventions in PPH in both vaginal and Cesarean delivery.
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Postpartum Hemorrhage HEE HEE That’s the only fake blood I could manage!!! Too messy. Jessi Goldstein MD MCH Fellow September 7, 2011
Objectives We will discuss: • Prevention of PPH. • Causes of PPH. • Initial and secondary interventions in PPH in both vaginal and Cesarean delivery. • Causes and treatment of secondary PPH.
Advanced Techniques for PPH • Initial Interventions should include fundal massage , IV access, lab tests and uterotonic drugs and fluid resuscitation. • Secondary interventions for vaginal delivery include checking for lacerations, removing retained products (sweeping, suction curettage), uterine tamponade (ballons, packing) , arterial embolization, and laparotomy and ultimate hysterectomy if needed.
Advanced Techniques for PPH • Initial Interventions for C/S should include fundal massage , IV access, lab tests and uterotonic drugs and fluid resuscitation. Controlling incisional bleeding with suture ligation • Intraoperative interventions for Cesarean delivery include uterine and ovarian artery ligation (O’Leary stitch), Uterine compression sutures (The most popular technique is the B-Lynch suture), balloon tamponade, and hysterectomy as last resort. • Uterine artery embolization and Bakri balloon management can be considered postoperatively as well.
©2011 UpToDate® Anterior uterine wall with B-Lynch suture in place and an enlarged drawing (box) of lower uterine segment with B-Lynch suture in place
Sutures are placed to ligate the ascending uterine artery and the anastomotic branch of the ovarian artery. Uterine vessel ligation is known as the O’leary stitch. ( Taken from Up to date)
Uterine Artery Embolization: Right uterine angiogram reveals occlusion of the right uterine artery (arrow) after superselective uterine artery embolization. The procedure successfully stopped the bleeding ( Taken from Up to date).
Bakri Balloon is a tamponade technique that can be used for PPH.
Secondary PPH • Defined as excessive bleeding 24 hrs to 12 weeks postpartum. • Incidence is about 1 percent of women. • Theory is that thought to be atony or subinvolution of placental site from retained products or infection.
Management of Secondary PPH • Evaluate for underlying disorders (coagulopathies). • For atony give uterotonics. • If large amount of bleeding, fever uterine tenderness, or foul smelling discharge treat for endometritis. • Consider suction currettage.
Case 1 • A 22y/o G1P0 was delivered by vaccum assisted vaginal delivery approximately 2 hours ago. She was induced for mild preeclampsia at 37 weeks and required pitocin augmentation for several hours prior to needing an operative vaginal delivery for fetal distress. She had a second degree laceration that was repaired, but she has soaked a whole pad in the last 15 minutes and the nurse would like you to evaluate her.
Case 2 • A 22 yo G4P3 approximately 4 days s/p delivery presents at OB triage and mentions to you that she feels lightheaded and has been having bleeding at about a pad an hour for the last 2 days.
Thank you!!! • Questions?