title: Vasopressin versus a combination of vasopressin and tourniquets: a comparison of blood loss in patients undergoing abdominal myomectomies.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare blood loss and need for blood transfusions in women who underwent abdominal myomectomies after receiving vasopressin or combined vasopressin and tourniquet.
  
  
  METHODS
  A retrospective chart review was performed reviewing abdominal myomectomies that took place at our institution. Subjects were divided into three groups: no intervention, vasopressin, or combined vasopressin and tourniquet. Blood loss, need for blood transfusion, and drop in hemoglobin and hematocrit were compared across all groups.
  
  
  RESULTS
  One-hundred and thirty-two subjects were included in the study. No statistically significant difference was found between groups in blood loss, drop in hemoglobin or hematocrit, or blood transfusions.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Combined vasopressin and tourniquets was not associated with a statistically significant decrease in blood loss or need for blood transfusion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, Florida 33136, USA. anu.kathiresan@gmail.com
authors.forename: Anupama S Q
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Kathiresan
authors.forename: Kathleen F
authors.initials: KF
authors.lastname: Brookfield
authors.forename: Victor H
authors.initials: VH
authors.lastname: Gonzalez-Quintero
authors.forename: Usha
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Verma
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016063:Blood Loss, Surgical; D001803:Blood Transfusion; D001810:Blood Volume; D005260:Female; D006400:Hematocrit; D006488:Hemostasis, Surgical / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014111:Tourniquets; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D014667:Vasopressins / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D014667:Vasopressins