Epidural anesthesia in pregnant patients with low platelet counts.
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.
Rolbin
S H
SH
Department of Anesthesia, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Abbott
D
D
Musclow
E
E
Papsin
F
F
Lie
L M
LM
Freedman
J
J
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*