Shall we rethink the timing of epidural anesthesia in anticoagulated obstetrical patients?

Affiliations

• ¹ Woman-Mother-Child Department, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland.
• ² Department of Anesthesia, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland.
• ³ Service of Pharmacy, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland; Institute of Primary Health Care (BIHAM), University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
• ⁴ Service and Central Laboratory of Hematology, Departments of Oncology and Laboratories and Pathology, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland.
• ⁵ Service and Central Laboratory of Hematology, Departments of Oncology and Laboratories and Pathology, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland; Interregional Blood Transfusion SRC, Epalinges, Switzerland. Electronic address: mathilde.gavillet@chuv.ch.