产后出血是分娩期严重的并发症,是我国目前孕产妇死亡的主要原因之一。1996年至2000年全国31个省、市、自治区孕产妇死亡率为53/10万,前3位的死亡原因分别为产科出血、妊娠期高血压病和羊水栓塞。产后出血仍在产科出血中占很大比例,但已从1996年的88.8%降至2000年的85.5%,其 Postpartum hemorrhage is a serious complication of childbirth, is one of the main causes of maternal death in our country. From 1996 to 2000, the maternal mortality rate in 31 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions in China was 53/10 million. The causes of death among the top three were maternity bleeding, gestational hypertension and amniotic fluid embolism. Postpartum hemorrhage remains a large proportion of obstetric hemorrhage but has dropped from 88.8% in 1996 to 85.5% in 2000,