Abstract
Maternal mortality in the United States is increasing. The leading cause of death is hemorrhage. Maternal hemorrhage can be profound, with entire blood volumes being lost. In most major blood loss surgery, autotranfusion (also known as cell salvage, cell saving, and intraoperative blood collection and readministration) is a technique that has been used to minimize allogeneic transfusion. Historically, autotransfusion has been considered contraindicated in the face of maternal hemorrhage because of a fear of incorporating amniotic fluid in the salvaged blood. Recent data suggests that this fear is unfounded, with several medical societies now recommending that autotransfusion be used during maternal hemorrhage. In this review, autotransfusion during maternal hemorrhage is discussed, and suggestions are made for how to make it most successful.
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