2020
Lumbar Neuraxial Procedures in Thrombocytopenic Patients Across Populations: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Bauer M, Toledano R, Houle T, Beilin Y, MacEachern M, McCabe M, Rector D, Cooper J, Gernsheimer T, Landau R, Leffert L. Lumbar Neuraxial Procedures in Thrombocytopenic Patients Across Populations: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Obstetric Anesthesia Digest 2020, 40: 118-118. DOI: 10.1097/01.aoa.0000693644.32975.42.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNeuraxial anesthetic proceduresSpinal epidural hematomaEpidural hematomaThrombocytopenic patientsNeuraxial proceduresAnesthetic proceduresSystematic reviewThreshold platelet countCesarean deliveryFetal factorsNeuraxial anesthesiaGeneral anesthesiaPlatelet countSide effectsMeta-AnalysisHematomaPatientsAnesthesiaReviewPopulation
2019
Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater: spinal-epidural hematoma in the setting of obstetric thromboprophylaxis and neuraxial anesthesia
Leffert L, Horlocker T, Landau R. Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater: spinal-epidural hematoma in the setting of obstetric thromboprophylaxis and neuraxial anesthesia. International Journal Of Obstetric Anesthesia 2019, 39: 7-11. PMID: 31202587, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijoa.2019.05.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRegional Anesthesia in the Patient Receiving Antithrombotic or Thrombolytic Therapy: American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine Evidence-based Guidelines (Fourth Edition)
Horlocker T, Vandermeuelen E, Kopp S, Gogarten W, Leffert L, Benzon H. Regional Anesthesia in the Patient Receiving Antithrombotic or Thrombolytic Therapy: American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine Evidence-based Guidelines (Fourth Edition). Obstetric Anesthesia Digest 2019, 39: 28-29. DOI: 10.1097/01.aoa.0000552901.03545.fb.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRegional anesthesiaFourth consensus conferenceVenous thromboembolism preventionEvidence-based guidelinesAmerican SocietyPatient safety issuesNeuraxial bleedingSpinal hematomaThromboembolism preventionAntithrombotic medicationSpinal anesthesiaCatastrophic complicationThrombolytic therapyObstetric anesthesiaPain medicineConsensus conferenceAnesthesiaConsensus documentEuropean SocietyHeightened riskRelevant literatureAnticoagulationSafety issuesBleedingHematoma
2018
Neuraxial Anesthesia in Obstetric Patients Receiving Thromboprophylaxis With Unfractionated or Low–Molecular-Weight Heparin
Leffert L, Dubois H, Butwick A, Carvalho B, Houle T, Landau R. Neuraxial Anesthesia in Obstetric Patients Receiving Thromboprophylaxis With Unfractionated or Low–Molecular-Weight Heparin. Obstetric Anesthesia Digest 2018, 38: 3-4. DOI: 10.1097/01.aoa.0000529964.63597.d5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSpinal epidural hematomaObstetric patientsNeuraxial anesthesiaWeight heparinVenous thromboembolismCesarean deliveryEpidural hematomaPregnant womenNeuraxial blockadeNational guidelinesPatientsThromboprophylaxisHeparinAnesthesiaSafe useWomenLow-MolecularThromboembolismHematomaBlockadeReview reportsPresent review reports
2006
Is Bilateral Cerebral Subdural Hematoma More Frequent after Epidural Anesthesia than Spinal Anesthesia?
Mashour G, Leffert L. Is Bilateral Cerebral Subdural Hematoma More Frequent after Epidural Anesthesia than Spinal Anesthesia? Anesthesiology 2006, 105: 1278. DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200612000-00033.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchIntracranial Subdural Hematomas and Cerebral Herniation after Labor Epidural with No Evidence of Dural Puncture
Mashour GA, Schwamm LH, Leffert L. Intracranial Subdural Hematomas and Cerebral Herniation after Labor Epidural with No Evidence of Dural Puncture. Anesthesiology 2006, 104: 610-612. PMID: 16508410, DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200603000-00030.Peer-Reviewed Original Research