Diagnosis and treatment of peripartum haemorrhage, consensus of the interdisciplinary working group by the modified ACCORD method
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Bláha J. 1; Blatný- J. 2 6; Černý- V. 7 13; Dulíček P. 14; Gumulec J. 15; Janků P. 16,17; Kacerovský M. 18; Křepelka P. 19,20; Ľubušký M. 21; Mannová J. 22; Pařízek A. 23; Seidlová D. 2,24; Šimetka O. 25; Štourač P. 2,26,27
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Doručeno/Submitted: 18. 11. 2024
Přijato/Accepted: 18. 11. 2024
prof. MUDr. Antonín Pařízek, CSc.
Perinatologické centrum
Klinika gynekologie, porodnictví a neonatologie
1. LF UK a VFN v Praze
Apolinářská 18
128 51 Praha 2
parizek@porodnice.cz
Seznam zkratek
ACCORD – ACcurate COnsensus Reporting Document
aPTT – aktivovaný parciální tromboplastinový čas
AT III – antitrombin III
ČGPS – Česká gynekologická a porodnická společnost ČLS JEP
ČHS – Česká hematologická společnost ČLS JEP
ČLS JEP – Česká lékařská společnost Jana Evangelisty Purkyně
ČSARIM – Česká společnost anesteziologie, resuscitace a intenzivní medicíny ČLS JEP
ČSTH – Česká společnost pro trombózu a hemostázu
EMA – Evropská agentura pro léčivé přípravky
ERI – endovaskulární radiologická intervence
KO – krevní obraz
NIKEZ – Národní institut kvality a excelence zdravotnictví
OS – odborná společnost
PAS – placenta accreta spectrum
PCC – koncentrát protrombinového komplexu
PPH – postpartum haemorrhage; postpartální hemoragie
PT – protrombinový čas
PŽOK – peripartální život ohrožující krvácení
PS – pracovní skupina
rFVIIa – rekombinantní aktivovaný faktor VII
REBOA – resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta
ROTEM – rotační tromboelastometrie
SK – syntetický koloid
SPC – Summaries of Product Characteristics
STK – systolický krevní tlak
TEG – tromboelastografie
TXA – kyselina tranexamová
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