A Textbook of Postpartum Hemorrhage: Chapter 16: Misoprostol in Practice

Abstract: 

Chapter 16 in A Textbook of Postpartum Hemorrhage discussing Misoprostol in Practice

“As a low-cost, easy-to-administer, powerful uterotonic with an excellent safety profile and long shelf-life, misoprostol has a revolutionary potential to reduce death and morbidity from postpartum hemorrhage in precisely those situations where it is most common – delivery at home without a skilled birth attendant.”

Published in A Textbook of Postpartum Hemorrhage, Sapiens Publishing, October 2006, 178-179

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Author: 
Malcolm Potts
Publication date: 
July 15, 2006
Publication type: 
Book Chapter