Uneventful epidural labor analgesia in a parturient with immune thrombocytopenic purpura and platelet count of 26,000/mm3 which was unknown preoperatively

Tobias Moeller-Bertram; Krzysztof M Kuczkowski; Jonathan L Benumof

doi:10.1016/j.jclinane.2003.03.011

Uneventful epidural labor analgesia in a parturient with immune thrombocytopenic purpura and platelet count of 26,000/mm3 which was unknown preoperatively

J Clin Anesth. 2004 Feb;16(1):51-3. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2003.03.011.

Authors

Tobias Moeller-Bertram¹, Krzysztof M Kuczkowski, Jonathan L Benumof

Affiliation

¹ Department of Anesthesiology and Department of Reproductive Medicine, University of California San Diego Medical Center, San Diego, CA 92103, USA.

PMID: 14984861
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2003.03.011

Abstract

We report a case of a parturient with immune thrombocytopenic purpura and platelet count of 26,000/mm3, unknown before induction of labor analgesia, who presented in active labor and received continuous epidural labor analgesia for an uneventful vaginal delivery. No neurologic or hematological complications were reported.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Analgesia, Epidural*
Analgesia, Obstetrical*
Female
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Platelet Count*
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Hematologic / blood*
Pregnancy Complications, Hematologic / diagnosis
Purpura, Thrombocytopenic, Idiopathic / blood*
Purpura, Thrombocytopenic, Idiopathic / diagnosis