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Case Reports
. 1989 Sep;44(9):775-7.
doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1989.tb09270.x.

Epidural anaesthesia and thrombocytopenia

P Hew-Wing  1 , S H Rolbin, E Hew, D Amato
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Case Reports

Epidural anaesthesia and thrombocytopenia

P Hew-Wing et al. Anaesthesia. 1989 Sep.
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Abstract

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.

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