COVER ARTICLE

Postpartum hemorrhage:
11 critical questions,
answered by an expert

A playbook on postpartum hemorrhage, from prevention to essential management

Dr. Brown describes blood product replacement in severe PPH

Dr. Brown is Roy T. Parker Professor and Chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, NC.

Dr. Brown serves as a speaker for Alere and Hologic and as an advisor for the Bayer Foundation and Ferring

We know the potentially tragic outcome of postpartum hemorrhage (PPH): Worldwide, more than 140,000 women die every year as a result of PPH—one death every 4 minutes! Lest you dismiss PPH as a concern largely for developing countries, where it accounts for 25% of maternal deaths, consider this: In our highly developed nation, it accounts for nearly 8% of maternal deaths—a troubling statistic, to say the least.