Rolbin S H, Abbott D, Musclow E, Papsin F, Lie L M, Freedman J
Department of Anesthesia, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Obstet Gynecol. 1988 Jun;71(6 Pt 1):918-20.
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.
