Blood transfusion Intrauterine

Definition

Intrauterine blood transfusion:

1) A method of treating chronic anemia in women 5 months pregnant, requiring an increase in hemoglobin by 2 units or more within 48 hours of the start of a blood transfusion. 2) Surgeries for emergency obstetric bleeding before 18 weeks of pregnancy (extraction of the placenta after childbirth or after rupture of membranes). When performing intrauterine blood transfusions, it is necessary to take blood as close to the placenta as possible to increase the effectiveness of treatment.

Indications

Chronic anemia during pregnancy lasting more than 3 months, especially if there is no improvement after using other means of preventing such diseases as: 1) Impaired intake of iron, calcium and vitamins due to a primary disease or nutritional disorders of the pregnant woman. 2) Chronic kidney diseases (preeclampsia, pyelonephritis), inflammatory diseases of the gastrointestinal tract (hemorrhoids, erosion, ulcers, gastritis, colitis). The need for transfusion during emergency gynecological operations - premature or prenatal separation of the placenta, rupture of the membranes during childbirth.

Scheme of the operation The pregnant woman is given local anesthesia 30 minutes before the start