Emotional impact of severe post-partum haemorrhage on women and their partners: an observational, case-matched, prospective, single-centre pilot study.

Objective: This observational, matched-control, prospective, single-centre study sought to estimate the emotional impact of post-partum haemorrhage (PPH) on women and their partners, including its influences on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), postpartum depression and the mother/child relationship.

Study Design: All consecutive women who were admitted for PPH from December 2010 through December 2011 and their partners were screened for eligibility. Emotional impact was assessed using three self-reported questionnaires (Impact of Event Scale-Revised to assess PTSD, Edinburgh Post Natal Depression Scale to assess post-natal depression and Mother-Infant Bonding Scale to assess the relationship between mother and child).

Diagnostic accuracy of insulin-like growth factor binding protein-1 for amniotic fluid embolism*.

Objective: To test whether serum insulin-like growth factor binding protein-1 could be used as a biomarker of amniotic fluid passage into the maternal circulation.

Design: Case-control study.

Setting: Thirteen centers in France.