Sterile water injection labour analgesia in a parturient with preeclampsia with thrombocytopenia
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https://doi.org/10.18203/2320-1770.ijrcog20170416Keywords:
Labour analgesia, Sterile water injection, ThrombocytopeniaAbstract
Pregnancy induced hypertension is one of the most common causes of maternal morbidity and mortality. A G2L1A1 female with period of gestation 36 weeks presented in our hospital with early labour pains. She was a known case of pregnancy induced hypertension with thrombocytopenia and had been operated on the lumbar spine for Potts spine. She was administered intradermal sterile water injection labour analgesia every 3 hours. The labour was uneventful and patient had a normal vaginal delivery of a male baby. The postnatal course was uneventful and patient was satisfied with the labour analgesia.References
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