Highlights
- •Combined spinal-epidural anesthesia for elective cesarean section.
- •Heathy parturient with a normal pre-operative platelet count.
- •Acute intra-operative development of severe thrombocytopenia (3 × 109/L)
- •Likely an adverse reaction to cefoxitin given for surgical infection prophylaxis.
- •No spinal-epidural hematoma despite severe thrombocytopenia.
Abstract
We report a case of a healthy 29-year-old parturient with a normal pre-operative platelet
count who received combined spinal-epidural anesthesia for cesarean section, and who
suffered the sudden intra-operative onset of severe thrombocytopenia (platelet count
3 × 109/L). This event was likely due to cefoxitin administered for the prophylaxis of surgical
infection.
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Published online: October 28, 2022
Accepted:
October 21,
2022
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