title: Trajectory of platelets in pregnancy - do low-risk women need an intrapartum full blood count prior to epidural?
abstract: This study aimed to investigate whether pregnant women with a normal 28-week gestation platelet count and no high-risk conditions for thrombocytopenia require a pre-epidural platelet count. All 1844 included women (platelet count > 150 × 10(9) /L at 28 weeks' gestation, term singleton birth, no thrombocytopenia risk conditions) had a platelet count > 100 × 10(9) /L prebirth, suggesting low-risk pregnant women do not require pre-epidural full blood count solely to check platelet count.
authors.affiliation: Women's and Children's Health, St George Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Duong
authors.affiliation: South Eastern Laboratory Services, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: Giselle
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kidson-Gerber
authors.affiliation: Women's and Children's Health, St George Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: Nancy
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Peters
authors.affiliation: Women's and Children's Health, St George Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.|School of Women's and Children's Health, UNSW Medicine, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: Dave R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Listijono
authors.affiliation: Women's and Children's Health, St George Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.|School of Women's and Children's Health, UNSW Medicine, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.|Australian Centre for Perinatal Science, UNSW Medicine, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: Amanda
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Henry
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015360:Analgesia, Epidural / Q000379:methods; D001315:Australia; D001772:Blood Cell Count / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000502:physiology*; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D036801:Parturition; D010976:Platelet Count / Q000379:methods; D011247:Pregnancy; D011250:Pregnancy Complications, Hematologic / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011262:Pregnancy Trimester, Second; D012016:Reference Values; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013921:Thrombocytopenia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D019564:Unnecessary Procedures
keywords: epidural; labour; platelets; pregnancy; thrombocytopenia