Medline ® Abstracts for References 1,2
of 'Retained placenta after vaginal birth'
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National Collaborating Centre for Women’s and Children’s Health (NCCWCH. Care of healthy women and their babies during childbirth, RCOG Press, London 2007.
no abstract available
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Policies for manual removal of placenta at vaginal delivery: variations in timing within Europe.
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Deneux-Tharaux C, Macfarlane A, Winter C, Zhang WH, Alexander S, Bouvier-Colle MH, EUPHRATES Group
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BJOG. 2009 Jan;116(1):119-24.
The length of the third stage of labour is a potential modifiable risk factor for postpartum haemorrhage at vaginal delivery, but there is no definitive evidence that early intervention to remove the placenta manually will prevent postpartum haemorrhage. We report a wide variation between countries in Europe in policies about the timing of manual removal of placenta. Two groups of countries with clearly divergent policies were identified. A randomised controlled trial is needed to provide definitive evidence on the risks and benefits of manual removal of placenta at different timings after vaginal delivery.
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INSERM, UMR S149, IFR 69, UPMC, Epidemiological Research Unit on Perinatal Health and Women's health, Hopital Tenon, Paris, France. cdeneux.u149@chusa.jussieu.fr
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