Epidural anaesthesia and von Willebrand's disease
- Resource Type
- Authors
- E. Letsky; Anita Holdcroft; R. M. Milaskiewicz
- Source
- Anaesthesia. 45(6)
- Subject
- Anesthesia, Epidural
medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.medical_treatment
Pregnancy in Diabetics
Disease
Von willebrand
Pregnancy
Diabetes mellitus
medicine
Coagulopathy
Anesthesia, Obstetrical
Humans
Caesarean section
Coagulation Disorder
business.industry
Cesarean Section
Pregnancy Complications, Hematologic
medicine.disease
Surgery
von Willebrand Diseases
Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
Coagulation
Anesthesia
Female
Blood Coagulation Tests
business
- Language
- ISSN
- 0003-2409
Summary A case is described of a primiparous patient with Von Willebrand's type 1 disease and diabetes who presented at 36 weeks’gestation for Caesarean section. This was performed under epidural anaesthesia in the absence of any coagulation disorder. The effects of pregnancy on coagulation factors in this disorder are discussed.