Characterization of the pospartum hemorrhage in the maternity of the General Hospital “Dr. Agostinho Neto”, Guantánamo

The hemorrhage is the most significant complication during the postpartum for what is needed a fast diagnosis and treatment for its management. It was carried out a traverse descriptive study with the objective of characterizing the current state of the behavior of the hemorrhages post-childbirth in the maternity of the General Hospital r. Agostinho Neto, Guantánamo, in the period of January 2012 - January 2013. Patients younger than 20 years and older than 35 years prevailed with the obstetric accident. The main associated pathology was arterial hypertension. The times of child delivery prolonged and precipitated have bigger predisposition to the postpartum hemorrhage. It is demonstrated that while more precocious it is the diagnosis of the hemorrhage less quantity of volumetric reinstatement the patient requires.