Coagulation
Scientists at University College target coagulation
Published in Women's Health Weekly, August 6th, 2009
"A retrospective review was carried out on the methods of obstetric analgesia/anesthesia used in 80 pregnancies amongst 63 women with inherited bleeding disorders (19 factor XI deficiency, 16 carriers of haemophilia, 15 von Willebrand disease, seven platelet function disorders, four factor VII deficiency, one factor VII and XI deficiency and one factor X deficiency). In 72 pregnancies, the woman was seen antenatally in a multidisciplinary clinic to discuss and plan pain relief options," researchers in London, the United Kingdom report.
"Regional block was performed for 41 pregnancies. The mothers were known to have a bleeding disorder in 35 of these pregnancies....
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