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Intraoperative Cell Salvage in Obstetrics

Dr. Catherine Smith
Obstetric Resident, BC Women’s Hospital, Canada

Dr. William Shippam
Obstetric Anesthesiologist, BC Women’s Hospital, Canada

Edited by
Drs. James Brown1 and Gillian Abir2
1Obstetric Anesthesiologist, BC Women’s Hospital, Canada
2Clinical Associate Professor, Stanford University, USA

Correspondence to atotw@wordpress-1154955-4022140.cloudwaysapps.com

Date of publication 29th May 2018

Abstract

Intraoperative cell salvage in obstetrics is a safe adjunct or alternative treatment to allogenic blood transfusions during a postpartum hemorrhage. This tutorial will describe how the cell salvage circuit works and review the indications, contraindications, advantages, disadvantages and risks of intraoperative cell salvage in obstetrics.

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