Peripartum management of a patient with Glanzmann's thrombasthenia using Thrombelastograph.

Monte, S; Lyons, G · Br J Anaesth · 2002

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

We describe the perioperative management of a 31-yr-old primipara with Glanzmann's thrombasthenia, who required urgent Caesarean delivery at 33 weeks' gestation. Peripartum haemorrhage was inevitable and was pre-empted by transfusion of multiple blood products, the effects of which were monitored by Thrombelastograph. The blood products given are discussed.

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