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Blood loss and risk of blood transfusion in patients undergoing caesarean section

Author(s) -

Madhusudan Dey,

Perumal Vanamail

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

international journal of biomedical and advance research

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2455-0558

pISSN - 2229-3809

DOI - 10.7439/ijbar.v4i6.361

Subject(s) - caesarean section , medicine , blood transfusion , blood loss , anesthesia , obstetrics , surgery , pregnancy , genetics , biology

Background: Caesarean delivery is one of the most common operations performed worldwide. Maternal morbidity and risk of blood transfusion increased greatly with caesarean compared with that of vaginal delivery.

Aims: This study was carried out to evaluate blood loss and requirement of blood transfusion in patients undergoing caesarean section.

Materials and methods : A prospective observational study was carried out in a peripheral military hospital, India where 173 women underwent caesarean section and data were obtained on age, parity, gestational age, delivery type (elective/ emergency), indication for caesarean section, pre operative and post operative haemoglobin levels. Number of patients required blood transfusion were also noted.

Results: There was no significant increase in blood loss by indication of caesarean section (p<0.05). A total of 1.7% patients received blood transfusion.

Conclusion: Transfusion risk in patients undergoing caesarean section is low and haemoglobin testing after caesarean section should be limited to women at high risk of blood transfusion.

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