Table 1.

Characteristics of studies included in the systematic review of the effects of intraoperative cell salvage in caesarean sections

Study Author, Year	Publication type	Total number of patients reinfused with salvaged blood	Retransfusion rate of salvaged blood (%)	Clinical setting	Clinical outcome
Jackson et al. 1993 [17]	Retrospective series	64	53	CS	Uneventful
Rainaldi et al. 1998 [20]	Prospective controlled trial	34	100	CS	Reduced length of hospital stay and allogeneic blood transfusion. Higher postoperative haemoglobin
Rebarber et al. 1998 [21]	Retrospective cohort	139	74	CS	Heparin toxicity (n = 1)
Sullivan et al. 2011 [13]	Retrospective series	36		CS
Ralph et al. 2011 [18]	Prospective series	70		CS	No adverse clinical signs. One positive anti-S was detected
Brearton et al. 2012 [19]	Retrospective series	137		CS

CS, caesarean section.