Open AccessAssessing the Association Between Blood Loss and Postoperative Hemoglobin After Cesarean Delivery: A Prospective Study of 4 Blood Loss Measurement Modalities
Author(s) -
Kelly Fedoruk,
Katherine M. Seligman,
Brendan Carvalho,
Alexander J. Butwick
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
anesthesia and analgesia/anesthesia and analgesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.404
H-Index - 201
eISSN - 1526-7598
pISSN - 0003-2999
DOI - 10.1213/ane.0000000000003449
Subject(s) - medicine , hemoglobin , interquartile range , blood loss , prospective cohort study , blood volume , suction , surgery , nuclear medicine , anesthesia , mechanical engineering , engineering
Visual estimation and gravimetric methods are commonly used to quantify the volume of blood loss during cesarean delivery (CD). However, the correlation between blood loss and post-CD hemoglobin (Hb) is poorly studied, and it is unclear whether the correlation varies according to how blood loss is measured.