Postpartum Hemorrhage:

Terms Related to Postpartum Hemorrhage

• Oxytocic Agents

  Drugs that stimulate contraction of the myometrium. They are used to induce labor at term, to prevent or control postpartum or postabortion hemorrhage, and to ...

• Putaminal Hemorrhage

  Bleeding into the PUTAMEN, a BASAL GANGLIA nucleus. This is a relatively common site of spontaneous intracranial hemorrhage and is associated with chronic HYPERTENSION and ...