Overview of the general approach to postpartum hemorrhage

aPTT: activated partial thromboplastin time; PPH: postpartum hemorrhage; PT: prothrombin time.

* WHO guidelines recommend not using tranexamic acid in patients with a known contraindication, including a known thromboembolic event in pregnancy, history of coagulopathy, active intravascular clotting, or known hypersensitivity to the medication.