title: [Anesthetic management of a patient with essential thrombocythemia for total knee replacement].
abstract: An 81-year-old woman with thrombocythemia underwent total knee replacement. Preoperative platelet count was 151 x 10(4) x microl(-1) and a surgery had been postponed. After managing platelet count level to 67 x 10(4) x microl(-1), the operation was scheduled. General anesthesia was given and operation was finished without concomitant medical problems.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia, Musashino Red Cross Hospital, Tokyo 180-8610.
authors.forename: Akihiro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Haramo
authors.forename: Michiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Oizumi
authors.forename: Yusuke
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Itoh
authors.forename: Madoka
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shirasawa
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kani
authors.forename: Yutaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Saito
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000768:Anesthesia, General / Q000379:methods*; D019645:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013920:Thrombocythemia, Essential / Q000150:complications*