Does current evidence support the use of intraoperative cell salvage in reducing the need for blood transfusion in caesarean section?

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 425-430

  Dhariwal, Sukhjit K ^a   Khan, Khalid S ^a   Allard, Shubha ^b   Wilson, Matthew ^c   Moore, Philip ^d   Daniels, Jane ^e   Parker, Samantha ^e   Robson, Steve ^e   Roberts, Tracy ^e   Harkness, Mairi ^e   Fang, Gao Smith ^e   Hooper, Richard ^e   Wrench, Ian ^e   Ullal, Aarti ^e   Ayuk, Paul ^e   Mousa, Tommy ^e   Hogg, Matthew ^e   Dabrowska, Dominika ^e   Marsh, Chris ^e   Patal, Vinod ^e   Osborn, Nicola ^e   Thorp Jones, Daryl ^e   Clark, Vicki ^e   Wise, Arlene ^e   Catling, Sue ^e   Williams, Susan ^e   Allt, Jules ^e   Geoghegan, James ^e   Portch, David ^e   Ajay, Bini ^e   Woods, Lesley ^e   Bugg, George ^e   Pathak, Sangeeta ^e   Packianathaswamy, Balaji ^e   Bhattacharjee, Parijat ^e   Samra, Jag ^e   Rao, Sanjay ^e   Gardner, Isobel ^e   more..

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Allogeneic blood transfusion; Caesarean section; Intraoperative cell salvage; Obstetrics

Indexed keywords

ALLOGENEIC BLOOD TRANSFUSION; AMNION FLUID; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CESAREAN SECTION; ERYTHROCYTE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE CELL SALVAGE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OBSTETRIC OPERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BLOOD AUTOTRANSFUSION; BLOOD SALVAGE; CONTRAINDICATIONS; ECONOMICS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; OPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; RISK;

BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION, AUTOLOGOUS; CESAREAN SECTION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; OPERATIVE BLOOD SALVAGE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; RISK;

EID: 84928059152     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: 1473656X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GCO.0000000000000116     Document Type: Review

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