Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Case 23-2011. A 40-year-old pregnant woman with placenta accreta who declined blood products

N Engl J Med. 2011 Jul 28;365(4):359-66. doi: 10.1056/NEJMcpc1103561.

Authors

William H Barth Jr¹, Christopher J Kwolek, Joshua L Abrams, Jeffrey L Ecker, Drucilla J Roberts

Affiliation

¹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Massachusetts General Hospital, and the Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA.

PMID: 21793748
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcpc1103561

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Clinical Conference

MeSH terms

Adult
Blood Loss, Surgical / prevention & control
Blood Transfusion*
Cesarean Section / methods*
Ethics, Medical
Female
Hemostatic Techniques
Humans
Hysterectomy / methods
Personal Autonomy
Placenta Accreta / diagnostic imaging
Placenta Accreta / pathology
Placenta Accreta / therapy*
Placenta Previa / diagnostic imaging
Placenta Previa / pathology
Placenta Previa / therapy*
Pregnancy
Religion
Treatment Refusal*
Ultrasonography
Uterus / pathology