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Postpartum Hemorrhage
Condition / disease reference page from the Everyone Healthy database.
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Condition overview
Attributes
Genderis F
Linked signs and symptoms
3Each sign/symptom opens its own page and links back to related conditions.
Linked drugs / medications
1Medication information is educational only. A doctor or pharmacist should advise whether any medicine is appropriate.
Treatments, therapies and supportive options
15Grouped by treatment type. These are educational database links, not personal treatment recommendations. Evidence labels are shown only where stored in the EH database.
Surgery
4Medical therapy
6- Arterial EmbolisationWeakly in Favour(Low Evidence)
- Bimanual Uterine Massage and CompressionWeakly in Favour(Low Evidence)
- Exploratory LaparotomyWeakly in Favour(Low Evidence)
- HysterectomyWeakly in Favour(Low Evidence)
- Surgical RepairWeakly in Favour(Low Evidence)
- Tamponade BalloonWeakly in Favour(Low Evidence)
Alternative and complementary therapies
1Alternative medicine
1Linked diagnostic tests and investigations
14These are pulled from both EH diagnostic-test link tables, including the older large test-link table.
- Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time (APTT)
- Aldosterone Concentration Test
- Cerebrospinal Fluid Protein Concentration
- Cerebrospinal Fluid White Cell Differential
- haptoglobin (Hp) concentration
- Heamatocrit (Hct)
- Hemoglobin (Hb) Concentration
- Lactic Acid Concentration
- Platelet Count
- Red Blood Cell (RBC) Count
- Red Blood Cell Distribution Width (RDW) Test
- Renin Assay
- Reticulocyte Absolute Count
- Urine Volume
Biological and test markers
15This visual map uses existing EH database links to show biological agents and lab markers reported as increased, decreased, or associated with this condition. These are educational relationships only; test results must be interpreted by a qualified clinician because ranges vary by lab, method, age, sex and clinical context.
Often increased
9- AldosteroneReference range exampleAdult ( > 16y), Female: 0.13–0.86 nmol/L; Adult ( > 16y), Male: 0.16–0.66 nmol/LLinked diagnostic tests1Aldosterone Concentration Test
- Cerebrospinal Fluid LeukocytesReference range exampleAdult ( > 16y): 0–5 /µL; 1y - 6y: 0–20 /µLLinked diagnostic tests1Cerebrospinal Fluid White Cell Differential
- Cerebrospinal Fluid Monocyte DifferentialReference range exampleAll: 15–47 %Linked diagnostic tests1Cerebrospinal Fluid White Cell Differential
- Cerebrospinal Fluid Total ProteinReference range exampleAdult ( > 16y): 15–45 mg/dL; Child (< 10y): 15–70 mg/dLLinked diagnostic tests1Cerebrospinal Fluid Protein Concentration
- Lactic Acid (Venous Blood)Reference range exampleAll: 0.5–2.2 mEq/LLinked diagnostic tests1Lactic Acid Concentration
- PlateletsReference range exampleChild (0 - 16y): 150–450 109/L; Adult ( > 16y): 135–380 109/LLinked diagnostic tests1Platelet Count
- Red Blood Distribution Width (RDW)Reference range exampleAll: 11–14.5 %Linked diagnostic tests1Red Blood Cell Distribution Width (RDW) Test
- ReninReference range exampleAdult ( > 16y): 0.65–3.3 ng/mL; 16y - 18y: 0–4.4 ng/mLLinked diagnostic tests1Renin Assay
- ReticulocytesReference range exampleAdult ( > 16y): 24–83 109/L; 0.5–1.5 %Linked diagnostic tests2Reticulocyte Absolute Count, Reticulocyte Count Percent Total RBC
Often decreased
6- haptoglobin (Hp)Reference range example45–200 mg/dLLinked diagnostic tests1haptoglobin (Hp) concentration
- Hemoglobin (Hb)Reference range exampleFemale: 78–100 gm/dL; Male: 76–100 gm/dLLinked diagnostic tests3Hemoglobin (Hb) Concentration, Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin (MCH) Weight Test
- Plasma thromboplastin antecedentReference range exampleAdult ( > 16y): 20–35 secondsLinked diagnostic tests1Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time (APTT)
- RBC MassReference range exampleFemale: 36–48 %; Male: 42–52 %Linked diagnostic tests1Heamatocrit (Hct)
- Red Blood Cells (RBC)Reference range exampleAdult ( > 16y), Female: 3.6–5 106/mm3; Adult ( > 16y), Male: 4.2–5.4 106/mm3Linked diagnostic tests1Red Blood Cell (RBC) Count
- UrineReference range exampleAdult ( > 16y): 4.5–7.5; Child (0 - 16y): 500–1,400 mLLinked diagnostic tests5Urine Colour, Urine Creatinine Concentration
Other associated markers
0No markers in this group.
Introduction / full article
Postpartum Hemorrhage
Efficacy of Alternative and Other Treatments According to GRADE* Ranking:
Goldenseal (Hydrastis Canadensis) [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]:
Please note, this management does NOT treat the condition itself. It may mildly help with some of the symptoms, and even then has insufficient evidence to back up this claim at present.
Recommendation: Weakly against (There is insufficient evidence to support claims that Goldenseal helps to treat postpartum hemorrhage. More studies are needed. Goldenseal may produce toxic effects, including depression, constipation, rapid heartbeat, stomach pain, mouth ulcers and vomiting.)
Grade of Evidence: low quality of evidence
* www.gradeworkinggroup.org
Summary References
Treatments:
1. Ades T, Alteri R, Gansler T, Yeargin P, "Complete Guide to Complimentary & Alternative Cancer Therapies", American Cancer Society, Atlanta USA, 2009
2. http://www.cancer.org/Treatment/TreatmentsandSideEffects/ComplementaryandAlternativeMedicine/HerbsVitaminsandMinerals/goldenseal
3. http://nccam.nih.gov/health/goldenseal/
4. Tierra Michael (1998): The Way of Herbs. New York, Pocket Books
5. Grieve M. (1971): A Modern Herbal. New York, Dover Publications, Inc
6. Mills S. and Bone K. (2000): Principles and Practice of Phytotherapy. Philadelphia, Churchill Livingstone
7. Tice Raymond (1997): Goldenseal and Two of its constituent alkaloids: berberine and hydrastine Research Triangle Park, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, in Seiger E: Review of Toxilogical Literature
8. http://www.henriettesherbal.com/eclectic/ellingwood/hydrastis.html