{"title":"The obstetrician attached to the obstetric emergency.","authors":"Alejandro Lenin Villalobos Rodríguez","doi":"10.25100/cm.v55i3.6574","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Damage control surgery in obstetrics is a technique aimed at managing catastrophic obstetric hemorrhage when conventional methods have failed. Its main objective is to control the bleeding and stabilize the patient, allowing for the correction of metabolic alterations and coagulopathies. This intervention is carried out in stages: it begins with an abbreviated laparotomy, followed by abdominal tamponade and culminates with transfer to the intensive care unit for subsequent stabilization. The proper application of this approach has been shown to improve survival rates in cases of massive hemorrhage, and the article provides a detailed review of the techniques, indications, complications and outcomes associated with this procedure.</p>","PeriodicalId":50667,"journal":{"name":"Colombia Medica","volume":"55 3","pages":"e3006574"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7000,"publicationDate":"2024-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12020728/pdf/","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Colombia Medica","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.25100/cm.v55i3.6574","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2024/7/1 0:00:00","PubModel":"eCollection","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Damage control surgery in obstetrics is a technique aimed at managing catastrophic obstetric hemorrhage when conventional methods have failed. Its main objective is to control the bleeding and stabilize the patient, allowing for the correction of metabolic alterations and coagulopathies. This intervention is carried out in stages: it begins with an abbreviated laparotomy, followed by abdominal tamponade and culminates with transfer to the intensive care unit for subsequent stabilization. The proper application of this approach has been shown to improve survival rates in cases of massive hemorrhage, and the article provides a detailed review of the techniques, indications, complications and outcomes associated with this procedure.
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Colombia Médica is an international peer-reviewed medical journal that will consider any original contribution that advances or illuminates medical science or practice, or that educates to the journal''s’ readers.The journal is owned by a non-profit organization, Universidad del Valle, and serves the scientific community strictly following the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) and the World Association of Medical Editors (WAME) recommendations of policies on publication ethics policies for medical journals.
Colombia Médica publishes original research articles, viewpoints and reviews in all areas of medical science and clinical practice. However, Colombia Médica gives the highest priority to papers on general and internal medicine, public health and primary health care.