The most recent Confidential Enquiry into Maternal Deaths cited haemorrhage as the second most common cause of death, killing 17 parturients, two of whom refused donated blood (Lewis, 2005). Cell-saved blood is used routinely in other specialities where massive haemorrhage is common, yet this is not the case in obstetrics, mostly because of the concern over possible iatrogenic amniotic fluid embolism.
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