Myeloproliferative Disease
Anesthesia Implications
Anesthesia Implications
Bleeding risk – This disease presents the risk of abnormally high bleeding due to abnormal platelet function.
Pathophysiology
This disease is acquired (not inherited) and exhibits as abnormal platelet function.
May also present as a very high platelet count
Lab findings will show defects in:
epinephrine-induced aggregation
dense granule function
alpha granule function
References
Hines. Stoelting’s anesthesia and co-existing disease. 7th edition. 2018. 407-435
