[Peripartum hemorrhage, diagnostics and treatment : Update of the S2k guidelines AWMF 015/063 from August 2022].

The current S2k guidelines on the diagnostics and treatment of peripartum hemorrhage are summarized in this article from the perspective of anesthesiology based on a fictitious case report. The update of the guidelines was written under the auspices of the German Society of Gynecology and Obstetrics with the participation of other professional societies and interest groups from Germany, Austria and Switzerland and published by the AWMF in 2022 under the register number 015/063.