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Obstetrics and gynecology · Jun 1988
Epidural anesthesia in pregnant patients with low platelet counts.
- S H Rolbin, D Abbott, E Musclow, F Papsin, L M Lie, and J Freedman.
- Department of Anesthesia, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
- Obstet Gynecol. 1988 Jun 1; 71 (6 Pt 1): 918-20.
AbstractA number of patients demonstrate thrombocytopenia in the peripartum period. One hundred four patients with unexplained transient periparturient thrombocytopenia were found over a nine-month period. Sixty-one of them received epidural anesthesia without neurologic sequelae. Epidural anesthesia is safe if the platelet count exceeds 100 x 10(9)/L in otherwise healthy women.
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