Anesthesia in the Pregnant Patient with Hematologic Disorders

Hematology/Oncology Clinics of North America

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 425-443

  Chow, Lorraine ^a   Farber, Michaela K ^a   Camann, William R ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Anticoagulation; Coagulopathy; Epidural; Hematology; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANALGESIC AGENT; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 11; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8 CONCENTRATE; CATECHOLAMINE; DALTEPARIN; DESMOPRESSIN; ENOXAPARIN; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; NALBUPHINE; NITROUS OXIDE; OPIATE; PROPOFOL; SUXAMETHONIUM; THIOPENTAL; TINZAPARIN; WARFARIN;

ACID BASE BALANCE; ACTIVATED PROTEIN C RESISTANCE; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ANESTHESIST; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ANTITHROMBIN III DEFICIENCY; BERNARD SOULIER DISEASE; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 11 DEFICIENCY; BLOOD PLACENTA BARRIER; BLOOD SALVAGE; BODY POSTURE; CATHETER REMOVAL; CESAREAN SECTION; CHOLESTASIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; ECCHYMOSIS; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FETUS CIRCULATION; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GLANZMANN DISEASE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HEMOPHILIA A; HEMOPHILIA B; HUMAN; HYDRATION; HYPERVENTILATION; HYPNOSIS; HYSTERECTOMY; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LABOR PAIN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MAY HEGGLIN ANOMALY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MICROCYTIC ANEMIA; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; OXYGENATION; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PETECHIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POINT OF CARE TESTING; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; RESPIRATION CONTROL; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; REVIEW; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SICKLE CELL CRISIS; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SPINAL HEMATOMA; SPLENOMEGALY; SYMPATHECTOMY; THALASSEMIA; THERMOREGULATION; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE FUNCTION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOELASTOGRAPHY; THROMBOPHILIA; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UTERUS CONTRACTION; VAGINAL DELIVERY; VASODILATATION; VEIN DILATATION; VENOUS STASIS; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; VON WILLEBRAND DISEASE; WATER IMMERSION;

ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; ANTICOAGULANTS; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; THROMBOPHILIA;

EID: 79953034305     PISSN: 08898588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hoc.2011.01.003     Document Type: Review

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