Uneventful epidural labor analgesia in a parturient with immune thrombocytopenic purpura and platelet count of 26,000/mm3 which was unknown preoperatively.
We report a case of a parturient with immune thrombocytopenic purpura and platelet count of 26,000/mm3, unknown before induction of labor analgesia, who presented in active labor and received continuous epidural labor analgesia for an uneventful vaginal delivery. No neurologic or hematological complications were reported.
Moeller-Bertram
Tobias
T
Department of Anesthesiology and Department of Reproductive Medicine, University of California San Diego Medical Center, San Diego, CA 92103, USA.
Kuczkowski
Krzysztof M
KM
Benumof
Jonathan L
JL
D000328:Adult; D015360:Analgesia, Epidural; D016362:Analgesia, Obstetrical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D010976:Platelet Count; D011247:Pregnancy; D011250:Pregnancy Complications, Hematologic / Q000097:blood* / Q000175:diagnosis; D016553:Purpura, Thrombocytopenic, Idiopathic / Q000097:blood* / Q000175:diagnosis