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. 1988 Jun;71(6 Pt 1):918-20.

Epidural anesthesia in pregnant patients with low platelet counts

S H Rolbin  1 , D Abbott, E Musclow, F Papsin, L M Lie, J Freedman
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  • PMID: 3368173

Epidural anesthesia in pregnant patients with low platelet counts

S H Rolbin et al. Obstet Gynecol. 1988 Jun.

Abstract

A 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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