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Chapter 15 - Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)»Complications of labor and delivery (O60-O77)»Third-stage hemorrhage (O72.0)

O72.0

Third-stage hemorrhage

Related indications (MeSH) (1)

Placenta, Retained4 drugs (4 approved)

A placenta that fails to be expelled after BIRTH of the FETUS. A PLACENTA is retained when the UTERUS fails to contract after the delivery of its content, or when the placenta is abnormally attached to the MYOMETRIUM.