Importance•MaternalRisks–Acutehemorrhage–Operativedelivery•FetalRisks–Uteroplacentalinsufficiency–Prematurebirth•KeyPoints–Identifythecause–TimelyinterventionInitialAssessment•History–Amountofbleeding,recentintercourseordigitalexam,severityofpain,trauma•Physicalexam–Vitalsigns,speculum,digitalonlyifnoplacentaprevia,maynotecervicitis/polyp/cancer•Ultrasound–Evaluationforplacentaprevia•PeriodofobservationInitialManagementofSignificantBleeding•Hemodynamicinstability–Hypotension–Tachycardia•IVfluids•Considerbloodproducts/transfusion•Labtests–Hematocrit,platelets,fibrinogen,coagulation,bloodtype,andantibodyscreen•Continuousfetalmonitoring•ConsideremergentcesareansectionPlacentaPrevia•Complete–Coverstheinternalcervicalos•Marginal–Edgelieswithin2cmofinternalcervicalos•Lowlying–Edgelies2–3
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