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You receive a call from the Labor and Delivery nurse. The patient you delivered by forceps 3 hours ago is bleeding more than usual. Her pulse is now 110 bpm and she is rapidly soaking pads.
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artery b: tamponade effect of clots c: scar formation within the uterine cavity d: contraction of the uterine smooth
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muscle e:
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primary clotting of blood in the uterine
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decrease in myometrial cell volume 15:
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B. The elevated pulse rate characteristic of pregnancy
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A. Immediate postpartum uterine hemostasis is maintained by
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decreases approxiamately 1 hour after
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delivery b:
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decreases approximately 6 hours after
delivery c: persists for approximately 3 weeks postpartum d: decreases at the end of the third stage of labor