Diseases

Postoperative Hemorrhage

Hemorrhage following any surgical procedure. It may be immediate or delayed and is not restricted to the surgical wound.

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Structured Summary

Abstract

Hemorrhage following any surgical procedure. It may be immediate or delayed and is not restricted to the surgical wound.

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Synonyms

6 entry terms
  • Blood Loss, Postoperative
  • Hemorrhage, Postoperative
  • Hemorrhages, Postoperative
  • Postoperative Hemorrhages
  • Loss, Postoperative Blood
  • Postoperative Blood Loss

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Aspects Covered

34 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

IM; do not confuse with BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL which is perioperative; coord with specific type of hemorrhage (IM) or specific type of surg (IM); see note on HEMORRHAGE for additional instructions on coords

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History Note

96

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Previous Indexing

  • Hemorrhage (1966-1995)
  • Postoperative Complications (1966-1995)
  • specific hemorrhage terms (1966-1995)

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NLM Classification

WO 184

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Postoperative Hemorrhage. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D019106. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D019106
  2. Postoperative Hemorrhage. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q54911437