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ishwarm
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Retained placenta: 30 mins with oxytocin OR 1hr with physiologic measures.
More common to use oxytocin thus it's important to state this in the card.
https://www.uptodate.com/contents/retained-placenta-after-vaginal-birth#H2376691
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- Retained placenta is associated with postpartum haemorrhage
- There is limited consensus on at what time manual removal of the placenta is indicated
- Some sources say > 30 minutes
- The causes of a retained placenta are:
- Incarceration of a (partially) separated placenta after closure of the cervix
- Uterine atony, which is accompanied by bleeding
- Placenta accreta spectrum
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Source
Oats and Boyle - Chapter 8: Course and management of childbirth - Llewellyn-Jones Fundamentals of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Llewellyn-Jones Fundamentals of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 8, 54–67. https://www.clinicalkey.com/student/content/toc/3-s2.0-C20190036862.
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