Question

A 30-year-old woman delivers vaginally at term and has brisk postpartum vaginal bleeding. Fundus is boggy, and there are no retained products on exam. What is the most appropriate first-line management for this postpartum haemorrhage?

Accepted Answer

Administer uterotonic agents and uterine massage

Answer

Immediate hysterectomy

Answer

High-dose IV oestrogen

Answer

Start broad-spectrum antibiotics only

Answer

Insert uterine artery embolisation catheter immediately

Practice question

A 30-year-old woman delivers vaginally at term and has brisk postpartum vaginal bleeding. Fundus is boggy, and there are no retained products on exam. What is the most appropriate first-line management for this postpartum haemorrhage?