Peripartum Haemorrhage, Diagnosis and Therapy. Guideline of the DGGG, OEGGG and SGGG (S2k Level, AWMF Registry No. 015/063, March 2016)

. 2018 Apr 26;78(4):382–399. doi: 10.1055/a-0582-0122

Consensus-based Recommendation 9.E30
The length of time needed to obtain diagnostic findings means that it is not possible to await the results of diagnostic procedures which differentiate between different coagulopathies (e.g. congenital vs. acquired) before making treatment decisions. As a rule (if the patientʼs medical history does not indicate any congenital coagulopathy), it should be assumed that patients with peripartum or postpartum haemorrhage have an acquired coagulopathy, unless a surgical cause of haemorrhage can be clearly identified.

Consensus-based Recommendation 9.E30

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The length of time needed to obtain diagnostic findings means that it is not possible to await the results of diagnostic procedures which differentiate between different coagulopathies (e.g. congenital vs. acquired) before making treatment decisions. As a rule (if the patientʼs medical history does not indicate any congenital coagulopathy), it should be assumed that patients with peripartum or postpartum haemorrhage have an acquired coagulopathy, unless a surgical cause of haemorrhage can be clearly identified.