The safety of intraoperative autologous blood collection and autotransfusion during cesarean section

Article Abstract:

Collecting all blood shed during a cesarean and transfusing it back into the woman appears to be safe. Many women require transfusions during childbirth but the risk of HIV transmission has led many surgeons to transfuse the woman's own blood. This technique is called autologous blood collection and autotransfusion. Researchers used a device called Cell Saver to collect all blood shed by 139 pregnant women during a cesarean and transfusing it back into them. The rate of complications in this group was no higher than in 87 pregnant women who did not receive their own blood.

Evaluation, Blood transfusion, Autologous, Autologous blood transfusion

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Sickle cell disease in pregnancy: twenty years of experience at Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia

Article Abstract:

Pregnant women who have sickle cell disease or sickle cell trait have an increased risk of pregnancy complications, including low birth weight, premature birth, and premature rupture of membranes. However, most of the babies at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta were still healthy and the fetal death rate was no higher than it was in a group of women without sickle cell disease.

Health aspects, Sickle cell anemia, Diseases

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Postoperative morbidity in the morbidly obese parturient woman: supraumbilical and low transverse abdominal approaches

Article Abstract:

The supraumbilical and low transverse abdominal approaches appear to be equally effective cesarean techniques in pregnant women who are extremely obese. This was the conclusion of a study of 69 obese pregnant women.

Surgery, Overweight persons

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