Experience in the measurement of blood- and fluid-loss at operation

Rains, A. J. Harding

doi:10.1002/bjs.18004317810

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“…14 ''accurate and applicable'' and it remains the only commonly employed technique. 15,16 Other techniques, such as photometric assessment and radioactive labelling of albumin, are currently research tools only. 17,18 An unexpected finding was that the measured blood loss did not correlate with the fall in Hb where blood loss was <1500 mL.…”

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Measurement of blood loss during postpartum haemorrhage

Lilley

Burkett-st-Laurent

Precious

et al. 2015

International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia

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Measurement of blood loss during postpartum haemorrhage

Lilley

Burkett-st-Laurent

Precious

et al. 2015

International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia

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“…However, estimating the amount of blood lost by weighing (cf., Rains 1955, Spoerel and Heagy 1962, Moore et aI. 1965) and replacing it after the first 500 ml lost with equal amounts of stored or fresh whole blood has remained our conservative principle throughout these years.…”

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Changes in the requirements for blood transfusion in brain surgery

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The amount of blood used in transfusions during certain neurosurgical operations was less in 1978-79 than in 1971-72 and in 1965-66. The operations investigated were for gliomas and meningiomas of the brain, pituitary adenomas, acoustic neurinomas, arteriovenous malformations, and arterial aneurysms. The major change in anaesthetic techniques between 1965-66 and 1971-72 was the introduction of hypocapnia by controlled artificial hyperventilation. We suggest that this was the main factor responsible for the reduction in the need for blood transfusions. The avoidance of halothane, the use of induced hypotension, and microsurgical technique may have been responsible for the smaller drop between 1971-72 and 1978-79. Good neurosurgical anaesthesia demands anaesthetic expertise, reliable apparatus, and instant laboratory service, but may also reduce costs by reducing the need for blood transfusions.

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“…Various methods of measuring blood loss have been described, ranging from the visual guess (Davies and Topley, 1959) to the more elaborate colorimetric technique (Rains, 1955). A method which is simple and accurate in certain circumstances is that of soaking up all blood with swabs, weighing these at the end of the operation, and subtracting the weight of the dry swabs (Caceres and Whittembury, 1959).…”

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Ethamsylate and Blood Loss During Dissection Tonsillectomy

Gray¹,

Noble²

1966

British Journal of Anaesthesia

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In a series of 101 unselected patients undergoing tonsillectomy by dissection, ethamsylate (10 mg/kg) was injected immediately before induction of anaesthesia with thiopentone. Anaesthesia was maintained with nitrous oxide, oxygen and trichloroethylene in all patients. Blood loss was estimated by swab-weighing. No useful reduction in blood loss was found to result from the use of ethamsylate, though the need for vascular ligation, and the number of ligatures used, was slightly reduced.

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Experience in the measurement of blood- and fluid-loss at operation

Cited by 11 publications

References 2 publications

Measurement of blood loss during postpartum haemorrhage

Measurement of blood loss during postpartum haemorrhage

Changes in the requirements for blood transfusion in brain surgery

Ethamsylate and Blood Loss During Dissection Tonsillectomy

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