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A 29 year old woman had just delivered a still born vaginally, following a major placental abruption. Choose the single most likely predisposing factor for developing PPH in this lady?

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A 29 year old woman had just delivered a still born vaginally, following a major

placental abruption. Choose the single most likely predisposing factor for

developing PPH in this lady?


  1. Retained product
  2. DIC
  3. Fibroid uterus
  4. Uterine infection
  5. Large placental site

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The key is B. DIC. [Pregnancy itself is a risk factor for DIC. Placental abruption increases the risk of

DIC further. Other causes of pregnancy related DIC are: eclampsia, retention of a dead fetus, amniotic

fluid embolism, retained placenta or bacterial sepsis].

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