MANAGEMENT OF POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE: HISTORICAL ASPECTS
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The purpose of the study is to trace the historical path of development of methods for managing postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) based on the analysis of data from domestic and foreign literature.
Materials and methods: The information bases of the PubMed and e-library systems were assessed. Key words (search words): Search words: «postpartum bleeding», «postpartum bleeding/haemorhage». The search depth is 150 years (1849-2024).
Research results. As a result of the study, 9104 sources were found: in PubMed – 4597, in e-library – 4507 publications. 9050 sources were excluded from the analysis: lack of a full version of the publication – 2855, opinion/literature review (no own data) – 1187, mismatch by title – 1236, double reports – 2769, lack of historical aspects of the problem – 2003. 54 publications met the search criteria. PPH continues to be one of the leading causes of maternal mortality. The publication presents the main historical aspects of improving PPH management methods. Several decades ago, a set of conservative measures included emptying the bladder, manual examination of the walls of the uterus, applying cold to the lower abdomen, rubbing the abdominal skin with ether, and intrauterine administration of hot and cold solutions. However, many of these techniques were later found to be untenable. Great attention continues to be paid to improving measures for the prevention and treatment of PPH. Currently, preventing their development is of paramount importance among all measures aimed at reducing maternal mortality.
Conclusions. Despite the fact that over the years of development of domestic and foreign obstetrics, many measures for the prevention and treatment of PPH have undergone significant changes, a number of techniques continue to be effectively used in a new transformation, but with a higher level of evidence.
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Наталья Владимировна Артымук,
Artymuk Natalia Vladimirovna
MD, PhD, professor, deputy editor of the journal Mother and Baby in Kuzbass.
She is the Head of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology №2, the Deputy Editor-in-Chief. She is also the President of the Kemerovo regional public organization “Association of obstetricians and gynecologists”, the chief obstetrician-gynecologist of the Siberian Federal district; the member of the Board of the Russian Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, the member of the European Society of Contraception and Reproductive Health, the European Society of Gynaecological Oncology and the International Society of Gynecological Endocrinology.
She has graduated from Kemerovo State Medical institute with honors. She studied in clinical residency in obstetrics and gynecology at School of Arenberg (Salzburg, Austria) and School of Bloomberg (Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA). One is a specialist in ultrasound diagnostics in obstetrics and gynecology, endocrinology and endoscopic surgery. In 1996 in Barnaul she defended her PhD thesis and her doctoral thesis in 2003 in Moscow.
Her priorities are: endocrine gynecology, infertility, cervix uteri pathology, menopausal disorders, disorder of menstrual function, endoscopic and abdominal gynecological surgery.
She deals with reproductive health problems, non-surgical and surgical treatment of benign neoplasms of genital organs. She is an author of more than 450 scientific works, including 3 monographs and study manuals for doctors. She has her highest medical qualification category in “Obstetrics and gynecology”.
Дмитрий Анатольевич Артымук,
clinical resident of the department of obstetrics and gynecologyТатьяна Юрьевна Марочко,
candidate of medical sciences, docent, docent of the G.A. Ushakova department of obstetrics and gynecologyНаталья Борисовна Колесникова,
candidate of medical sciences, docent of the G.A. Ushakova department of obstetrics and gynecologyДилангез Бурхониддиновна Хочибоева,
4th year student of the faculty of medicineArticle Details
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