Dawaa Reference

chronic

Caesarean section delivery of a stillbirth

Treatment options, dosing, cautions and Egyptian brands from the shipped Dawaa Reference card.

Evidence status

Checked against the sources named below

Sources3 sources

Cesarean Delivery - StatPearls - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK546707/ · ICPC-3 (WONCA International Classification of Primary Care, 3rd edition) class WD83.00 - condition scope only, no dose · No dose - referral pathway, no medicine given in primary care

Verified against2 documents
  • No dose - referral pathway, no medicine given in primary care
  • Cesarean Delivery - disease-level clinical article (caesarean-section-stillbirth-record-clinical.txt)

Verified date2026-08

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NO DRUG THERAPY IN PRIMARY CARE (REFERRAL & ADVICE)

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Adult dose and duration

This is a post-delivery outcome record following a stillbirth via C-section. Provide empathetic bereavement counselling, screen for maternal postpartum depression and post-traumatic stress, and evaluate physical wound and uterine scar healing. Refer the patient to specialized obstetric care for audit of the stillbirth cause and pre-conception counseling prior to any subsequent pregnancy. - Refer, with advice

Paediatric dose

Adult-only condition - paediatric section not applicable

Dose source

No dose - referral pathway, no medicine given in primary care

Why

This is a post-delivery outcome record following a stillbirth via C-section. Provide empathetic bereavement counselling, screen for maternal postpartum depression and post-traumatic stress, and evaluate physical wound and uterine scar healing. Refer the patient to specialized obstetric care for audit of the stillbirth cause and pre-conception counseling prior to any subsequent pregnancy.

Cautions
  • RED FLAG - Puerperal sepsis: assess urgently and refer.
  • Recognise the risk to maternal mental health after stillbirth and screen for depression or trauma symptoms.
  • No medicine is prescribed for this in primary care - this entry is for recognition and referral. Anything given is decided by the service it is referred to.
  • RED FLAG - Postpartum hemorrhage, wound infection, and endometritis are major early post-cesarean complications requiring clinical vigilance.
  • RED FLAG - A history of a prior classical or T-shaped uterine incision necessitates repeat cesarean delivery in subsequent pregnancies.

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