title: Epidural anesthesia in pregnant patients with low platelet counts.
abstract: A number of patients demonstrate thrombocytopenia in the peripartum period. One hundred four patients with unexplained transient periparturient thrombocytopenia were found over a nine-month period. Sixty-one of them received epidural anesthesia without neurologic sequelae. Epidural anesthesia is safe if the platelet count exceeds 100 x 10(9)/L in otherwise healthy women.
authors: Department of Anesthesia, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors: S H
authors: SH
authors: Rolbin
authors: D
authors: D
authors: Abbott
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Musclow
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Papsin
authors: L M
authors: LM
authors: Lie
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Freedman
mesh_terms: D000767:Anesthesia, Epidural; D000773:Anesthesia, Obstetrical; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010976:Platelet Count; D049590:Postpartum Period / Q000097:blood; D011247:Pregnancy; D011250:Pregnancy Complications, Hematologic / Q000097:blood*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012494:Sampling Studies; D013921:Thrombocytopenia / Q000097:blood*