title: Epidural analgesia for labor and delivery in a patient with von Willebrand's disease.
abstract: Patients with histories of bleeding disorders may still benefit from regional anesthetic techniques. The decision to perform the block should be individualized, based on coagulation tests. The authors describe a patient with von Willebrand's disease in whom pregnancy itself improved factor VIII activity, enabling performance of an epidural block for labor and delivery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Daitch
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Amar
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Goldiner
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000767:Anesthesia, Epidural; D001760:Bleeding Time; D002802:Cholinesterases / Q000097:blood; D036861:Delivery, Obstetric; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007743:Labor, Obstetric; D011247:Pregnancy; D011250:Pregnancy Complications, Hematologic / Q000201:enzymology / Q000503:physiopathology; D014842:von Willebrand Diseases / Q000201:enzymology / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D002802:Cholinesterases