Senior Lecturer, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, DD1 9SY, Scotland.
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PUERPERAL HAEMATOLOGICAL INDICES
Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1981.tb01215.x
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BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Volume 88, Issue 6, pages 601–606, June 1981
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How to Cite
Taylor, D. J., Phillips, P. and Lind, T. (1981), PUERPERAL HAEMATOLOGICAL INDICES. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 88: 601–606. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1981.tb01215.x
Publication History
- Issue published online: 23 AUG 2005
- Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005
- Received September 26, 1980/Accepted December 12, 1980.
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Summary
Haematological indices were studied serially in 33 healthy women, at one week before delivery, during the first six days of the puerperium, at six weeks and six months post partum. Red cell count, haemoglobin concentration and haematocrit decreased during the first four days of the puerperium; haemoglobin concentrations up to 3·5 g/dl less than pre-delivery values were recorded in the absence of clinical postpartum haemorrhage. The second puerperal day haemoglobin concentration correlates most closely with the six week postpartum value. A leucocytosis of greater than 20 × 109/1 was found on the first puerperal day in 15 per cent of the women studied.