Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Nursing - Department of Maternal and Newborn Health Nursing

Background: Postpartum hemorrhage is a blood loss greater than 500 ml after a vaginal delivery or greater than 1000 ml after cesarean birth that affect the women general conditions. It is classified as either primary or secondary. Aim: was to assess the health profile of women with postpartum hemorrhage. Design: a descriptive exploratory research design was adopted. Sample: a purposive sample of pregnant women with postpartum hemorrhage was recruited in the research through a period of one year. Setting: Obstetrics and gynecology units at ALMansoura University hospital which is a University affiliated Hospital Tool: structured interview was used. Results: indicated that the age of the women ranged between 18-40 years; with mean of 28.34 ±5.870.Twenty eight point six percent had completed their secondary school education. Ninety percent of women were living in rural areas, 94.3% were housewives, 51.4% did not have enough monthly income, and 54.3% were passive smokers. 42.8% had history of chronic disease; Obstetric history of women indicated that. 51.4% were multipara, 14.3% grand multipara, the most common cause for PPH were uterine atony 52.8% forty eight point six percent had previous pregnancy complications, 30% had previous delivery complications, 34.3% had previous postpartum complication, and 18.6% had history of previous postpartum hemorrhage. Conclusion: low socioeconomic status, living in rural areas, multiparity, occurrence of complications during previous pregnancy, delivery, and postpartum period, history of chronic Diseases and home delivery, were the most important factors in women with PPH. Recommendation: conducting nursing care protocol for the women with PPH guided with evidence based practice

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