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Postpartum Complication

MedGen UID:
852740
•Concept ID:
C0747772
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Pathologic Function

Definition

Any adverse event that arises in the six week period immediately following the delivery of a fetus. [from NCI]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

On maternal Post-Partum/Natal depression. A global underrecognized problem and the need for better Treatment strategies.
Tobore TO
Psychiatry Res 2020 Aug;290:113163. Epub 2020 May 31 doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2020.113163. PMID: 32505925
Management of the third stage of labor in second-trimester deliveries: How long is too long?
Behrens JA, Greer DM, Kram JJF, Schmit E, Forgie MM, Salvo NP
Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 2019 Jan;232:22-29. Epub 2018 Oct 28 doi: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2018.10.038. PMID: 30458426
Stepped care treatment of postpartum depression: a primary care-based management model.
Gjerdingen D, Katon W, Rich DE
Womens Health Issues 2008 Jan-Feb;18(1):44-52. doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2007.09.001. PMID: 18215764

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Evidence-based labor management: postpartum care after vaginal delivery (part 6).
Zullo F, Di Mascio D, Berghella V
Am J Obstet Gynecol MFM 2023 Jul;5(7):100977. Epub 2023 Apr 22 doi: 10.1016/j.ajogmf.2023.100977. PMID: 37094636
Gestational anemia and maternal antenatal and postpartum psychological distress in a prospective FinnBrain Birth Cohort Study.
Kemppinen L, Mattila M, Ekholm E, Huolila L, Pelto J, Karlsson H, Mäkikallio K, Karlsson L
BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 2022 Sep 13;22(1):704. doi: 10.1186/s12884-022-05032-z. PMID: 36100878Free PMC Article
Postpartum Group A strep sepsis after third trimester uterine prolapse: case report and literature review.
Reaves S, Mehta V, Baxter JK, Ross R
Arch Gynecol Obstet 2022 Dec;306(6):1949-1952. Epub 2022 Mar 11 doi: 10.1007/s00404-022-06483-7. PMID: 35277747
The use of ultrasound in the evaluation of postpartum paravaginal hematomas.
Bellussi F, Cataneo I, Dodaro MG, Youssef A, Salsi G, Pilu G
Am J Obstet Gynecol MFM 2019 Mar;1(1):82-88. Epub 2019 Mar 7 doi: 10.1016/j.ajogmf.2019.03.002. PMID: 33319759
An individual scoring system for the prediction of postpartum anaemia.
Allary J, Soubirou JF, Michel J, Amiel I, Silins V, Brasher C, Oury JF, Nivoche Y, Dahmani S
Ann Fr Anesth Reanim 2013 Jan;32(1):e1-7. Epub 2012 Dec 17 doi: 10.1016/j.annfar.2012.11.002. PMID: 23253154

Diagnosis

The use of ultrasound in the evaluation of postpartum paravaginal hematomas.
Bellussi F, Cataneo I, Dodaro MG, Youssef A, Salsi G, Pilu G
Am J Obstet Gynecol MFM 2019 Mar;1(1):82-88. Epub 2019 Mar 7 doi: 10.1016/j.ajogmf.2019.03.002. PMID: 33319759
Nurses' Knowledge and Teaching of Possible Postpartum Complications.
Suplee PD, Bingham D, Kleppel L
MCN Am J Matern Child Nurs 2017 Nov/Dec;42(6):338-344. doi: 10.1097/NMC.0000000000000371. PMID: 28816712
Postpartum ovarian vein thrombosis.
Basili G, Romano N, Bimbi M, Lorenzetti L, Pietrasanta D, Goletti O
JSLS 2011 Apr-Jun;15(2):268-71. doi: 10.4293/108680811X13071180406673. PMID: 21902992Free PMC Article
Stepped care treatment of postpartum depression: a primary care-based management model.
Gjerdingen D, Katon W, Rich DE
Womens Health Issues 2008 Jan-Feb;18(1):44-52. doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2007.09.001. PMID: 18215764
Weaning and depression: another postpartum complication.
Susman VL, Katz JL
Am J Psychiatry 1988 Apr;145(4):498-501. doi: 10.1176/ajp.145.4.498. PMID: 3279831

Therapy

Evidence-based labor management: postpartum care after vaginal delivery (part 6).
Zullo F, Di Mascio D, Berghella V
Am J Obstet Gynecol MFM 2023 Jul;5(7):100977. Epub 2023 Apr 22 doi: 10.1016/j.ajogmf.2023.100977. PMID: 37094636
Racial and Ethnic Disparities Among Women Undergoing a Trial of Labor After Cesarean Delivery: Performance of the VBAC Calculator with and without Patients' Race/Ethnicity.
Buckley A, Sestito S, Ogundipe T, Roig J, Rosenberg HM, Cohen N, Wang K, Stoffels G, Janevic T, DeBolt C, Cabrera C, Cochrane E, Berkin J, Bianco A, Vieira L
Reprod Sci 2022 Jul;29(7):2030-2038. Epub 2022 May 9 doi: 10.1007/s43032-022-00959-2. PMID: 35534768
Risk factors of postpartum stress urinary incontinence in primiparas: What should we care.
Gao J, Liu X, Zuo Y, Li X
Medicine (Baltimore) 2021 May 21;100(20):e25796. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000025796. PMID: 34011042Free PMC Article
Incidence and risk factors of postpartum anal incontinence: a prospective study of 503 cases.
Malek-mellouli M, Assen S, Ben Amara F, Gada H, Masmoudi K, Reziga H
Tunis Med 2014 Feb;92(2):159-63. PMID: 24938239
An individual scoring system for the prediction of postpartum anaemia.
Allary J, Soubirou JF, Michel J, Amiel I, Silins V, Brasher C, Oury JF, Nivoche Y, Dahmani S
Ann Fr Anesth Reanim 2013 Jan;32(1):e1-7. Epub 2012 Dec 17 doi: 10.1016/j.annfar.2012.11.002. PMID: 23253154

Prognosis

Racial and Ethnic Disparities Among Women Undergoing a Trial of Labor After Cesarean Delivery: Performance of the VBAC Calculator with and without Patients' Race/Ethnicity.
Buckley A, Sestito S, Ogundipe T, Roig J, Rosenberg HM, Cohen N, Wang K, Stoffels G, Janevic T, DeBolt C, Cabrera C, Cochrane E, Berkin J, Bianco A, Vieira L
Reprod Sci 2022 Jul;29(7):2030-2038. Epub 2022 May 9 doi: 10.1007/s43032-022-00959-2. PMID: 35534768
Postpartum Group A strep sepsis after third trimester uterine prolapse: case report and literature review.
Reaves S, Mehta V, Baxter JK, Ross R
Arch Gynecol Obstet 2022 Dec;306(6):1949-1952. Epub 2022 Mar 11 doi: 10.1007/s00404-022-06483-7. PMID: 35277747
Management of the third stage of labor in second-trimester deliveries: How long is too long?
Behrens JA, Greer DM, Kram JJF, Schmit E, Forgie MM, Salvo NP
Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 2019 Jan;232:22-29. Epub 2018 Oct 28 doi: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2018.10.038. PMID: 30458426
Nurses' Knowledge and Teaching of Possible Postpartum Complications.
Suplee PD, Bingham D, Kleppel L
MCN Am J Matern Child Nurs 2017 Nov/Dec;42(6):338-344. doi: 10.1097/NMC.0000000000000371. PMID: 28816712
An individual scoring system for the prediction of postpartum anaemia.
Allary J, Soubirou JF, Michel J, Amiel I, Silins V, Brasher C, Oury JF, Nivoche Y, Dahmani S
Ann Fr Anesth Reanim 2013 Jan;32(1):e1-7. Epub 2012 Dec 17 doi: 10.1016/j.annfar.2012.11.002. PMID: 23253154

Clinical prediction guides

Gestational anemia and maternal antenatal and postpartum psychological distress in a prospective FinnBrain Birth Cohort Study.
Kemppinen L, Mattila M, Ekholm E, Huolila L, Pelto J, Karlsson H, Mäkikallio K, Karlsson L
BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 2022 Sep 13;22(1):704. doi: 10.1186/s12884-022-05032-z. PMID: 36100878Free PMC Article
Protracted postpartum urinary retention-a long-term problem or a transient condition?
Mevorach Zussman N, Gonen N, Kovo M, Miremberg H, Bar J, Condrea A, Ginath S
Int Urogynecol J 2020 Mar;31(3):513-519. Epub 2019 Feb 19 doi: 10.1007/s00192-019-03903-2. PMID: 30783707
Management of the third stage of labor in second-trimester deliveries: How long is too long?
Behrens JA, Greer DM, Kram JJF, Schmit E, Forgie MM, Salvo NP
Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 2019 Jan;232:22-29. Epub 2018 Oct 28 doi: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2018.10.038. PMID: 30458426
Incidence and risk factors of postpartum anal incontinence: a prospective study of 503 cases.
Malek-mellouli M, Assen S, Ben Amara F, Gada H, Masmoudi K, Reziga H
Tunis Med 2014 Feb;92(2):159-63. PMID: 24938239
An individual scoring system for the prediction of postpartum anaemia.
Allary J, Soubirou JF, Michel J, Amiel I, Silins V, Brasher C, Oury JF, Nivoche Y, Dahmani S
Ann Fr Anesth Reanim 2013 Jan;32(1):e1-7. Epub 2012 Dec 17 doi: 10.1016/j.annfar.2012.11.002. PMID: 23253154

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