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A 39-year-old woman, G8P7, with polyhydramnios and von Willebrand disease (vWD) type 1 (L-1), is admitted in early labor [1, 2]. Her obstetrician had told her to come into Labor & Delivery at the first sign of labor. She is an obese and cheerful patient who tells everyone that this is her last baby and that this one had been a “wonderful accident.”
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Archer, T.L. (2020). Uterine Atony: The Most Common Cause of Postpartum Hemorrhage. In: Archer, T. (eds) Obstetric Anesthesia. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26478-9_5
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