Conclusions
Shock index and capillary Lactate may be reliable bedside clinical tools to identify patients with severe haemorrhage. Shock index is an early clinical detector of severe postpartum haemorrhage as early as at diagnosis, whereas lactate gains its value at 30 minutes post-diagnosis. Capillary haemoglobin was not able to differentiate the severe from non-severe as early as the first 30 min.