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Epidural anaesthesia and thrombocytopenia
Author(s) -
HEWWING P.,
ROLBIN S. H.,
HEW E.,
AMATO D.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1989.tb09270.x
Subject(s) - medicine , anesthesia , regional anaesthesia , general anaesthesia , surgery
Summary A case is presented of a mother with unanticipated profound thrombocytopenia who received a continuous epidural anaesthetic for labour. No neurological sequelae or excessive bleeding occurred. It is clear, after a review of the literature, that more information is needed to define the lower limits of platelet count at which it is safe to proceed with epidural anaesthesia.