Year: 2024 | Month: January | Volume: 14 | Issue: 1 | Pages: 255-261
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijhsr.20240133
A Prospective Comparative Study on Clinical Estimation of Intraoperative Blood Loss with Postoperative Hemoglobin and Packed Cell Volume in Patients Undergoing Caesarean Section
Rudra Mol R1, Dr. Manjula Sudhakar Rao2, Arya S Jith3
1Assistant professor, Department of Anaesthesia and OT Technology, Yenepoya School of Allied Health sciences- yenepoya (Deemed to be University) Mangalore, India
2Assistant professor, Department of Anaesthesiology, Yenepoya Medical College Hospital Yenepoya (Deemed to be University), Mangalore, India
3Assistant professor, Department of Anaesthesia and OT Technology, Yenepoya School of Allied Health Sciences- yenepoya (Deemed to be University) Mangalore, India
Corresponding Author: Dr. Manjula Sudhakar Rao
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND: Obstetrical haemorrhage is a potentially preventable cause of mortality and morbidity. It’s important to know the co-relation between intraoperative blood loss and post operative Hb and PCV in a patient undergoing LSCS for timely management of any obstetric haemorrhage.
AIM: The aim of the study is to compare clinically estimated intraoperative blood loss with postoperative Hb and PCV in patients undergoing caesarean section.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: Visual method of clinical estimation of blood loss assessment was adopted for assessing total intraoperative blood loss during the surgery. Total intraoperative blood loss was visually estimated and documented by counting the blood-soaked mop pads, blood in suction after deducting the saline for wash, weighing the blood clot and multiplied them with the estimated volume of blood it would hold. Sum of all these parameters will give total intraoperative blood loss. Then we assessed the correlation by getting the laboratory Hb and PCV.
RESULTS: The Pearson’s value and ‘p’ value of postoperative laboratory Hb is -0.106 and 0.244. Pearson’s value and ‘p’ value of postoperative laboratory PCV is -0.165 and 0.068.
CONCLUSION: we observed that there was no statistically significant correlation between total intraoperative blood loss with the postoperative laboratory Hb and PCV. There was no indication for intraoperative or postoperative transfusion of blood to the patients after the LSCS
Key words: Hemoglobin, Intraoperative blood loss, Lower segment caesarean section, Packed cell volume, Postoperative, visual method.