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.
Department of Anesthesiology and Department of Reproductive Medicine, University of California San Diego Medical Center, San Diego, CA 92103, USA.
Tobias
T
Moeller-Bertram
Krzysztof M
KM
Kuczkowski
Jonathan L
JL
Benumof
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