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  • Title: Epidural anesthesia in pregnant patients with low platelet counts.
    Author: Rolbin SH, Abbott D, Musclow E, Papsin F, Lie LM, Freedman J.
    Journal: Obstet Gynecol; 1988 Jun; 71(6 Pt 1):918-20. PubMed ID: 3368173.
    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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