En caul delivery of the fetus to facilitate cell salvage
En caul delivery of the fetus to facilitate cell salvage
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胎儿的最终分娩以促进细胞挽救
DOI:
10.1111/j.1479-828x.2004.00316.x
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发表时间:
2004
影响因子:
1.7
通讯作者:
David Mincham
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作者:
P. McGurgan;P. Maouris;R. Hart;I. Hammond;T. Pavy;Belinda Lowe;David Mincham
A 31-year-old Jehovah’s Witness, with a past history of a previous elective Caesarean section for breech presentation, was diagnosed with a major anterior placenta praevia in the current pregnancy. Blood product use was discussed and an advance health directive signed by the patient and consultant. The patient refused blood products, but consented to cell salvage, presurgical acute normovolaemic haemodilution, erythropoietin use and possible early recourse to hysterectomy. The patient was admitted at 27 weeks’ gestation following a small bleed from the placenta praevia; steroids were prescribed to promote fetal lung maturity. Over the following weeks, the patient was seen by anaesthetic, haematology and paediatric staff. Erythropoietin therapy was commenced and her iron supplementation increased. From 30 weeks’ gestation, the patient had repeated small antepartum haemorrhages. A plan was made to deliver her electively at the end of her 32nd week following preoperative acute normovolaemic haemodilution and intraoperative cell salvage. Five days prior to her scheduled operation, repeated small amounts of vaginal bleeding, associated with persistent uterine tightenings, forced the decision to undertake delivery at that time. Pre-operative acute normovolaemic haemodilution was performed prior to administering a general anaesthetic, giving a preoperative haemoglobin of 104 g/L (from 115 g/L). In view of the poorly formed vascular lower segment, a classical uterine incision was performed. The membranes were not ruptured on entry and the baby was delivered ‘en caul’ (i.e. with the membranes intact) as a breech. Apgar scores were 5 at 1 min, 8 at 5 min, cord pH was 7.36, and baseline neonatal haemoglobin was 135 g/L. Delivery of the infant en caul allowed the cell saver to be used without concern over amniotic fluid contamination; 400 mL autologous blood was re-infused to the patient via the cell saver. Although the estimated blood loss was 1.7 L, the haemoglobin concentration was 90 g/L on day 1. The woman made an otherwise uneventful recovery; the infant had mild respiratory distress syndrome, but was discharged at 23 days.