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SUBMITTER: Roberts I
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5941626 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
BMC pregnancy and childbirth 20180509 1
<h4>Background</h4>Early treatment with tranexamic acid reduces deaths due to bleeding after post-partum haemorrhage. We report the prevalence of haematological, coagulation and fibrinolytic abnormalities in Nigerian women with postpartum haemorrhage.<h4>Methods</h4>We performed a secondary analysis of the WOMAN trial to assess laboratory data and rotational thromboelastometry (ROTEM) parameters in 167 women with postpartum haemorrhage treated at University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria. We ...[more]