European Journal of Molecular & Clinical Medicine

Abstract

Antepartum hemorrhage (APH) is defined as bleeding from or into the genital tract
during pregnancy after the period of viability until delivery of fetus¹. The World Health
Authority defines antepartum hemorrhage as bleeding after 28th week of pregnancy. On
an average 2 to 5% of all pregnancies are complicated by antepartum hemorrhage.
Antepartum hemorrhage accounts for about 22-25% of maternal mortality¹.
Causes of antepartum hemorrhage include placenta previa (PP) and placental abruption (AP).
vasa previa, marginal vein bleeding, trauma due to foreign body or genital lacerations and cervical polyp, cervical carcinoma, local lesions of vagina and cervix and systemic diseases like leukemia & bleeding disorders