Cell salvage for Rh-negative patients without anti-D immunoglobulin

Postpartum hemorrhage is the leading cause of maternal death worldwide. Although cell salvage can be used as a rescue intervention in postpartum hemorrhage, this approach should be routinely combined with anti-D immunoglobulin to reduce the incidence of RhD alloimmunization in D-negative women. 1 Qureshi H. Massey E. Kirwan D. et al. BCSH guideline for the use of anti-D immunoglobulin for the prevention of haemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn. Transfus Med. 2014; 24: 8-20 Crossref PubMed Scopus (113) Google Scholar Here we present a postpartum hemorrhage case where one D-negative patient without anti-D immunoglobulin was treated using cell salvage and successfully survived, in addition to delivering a healthy Rh-positive child.