Abstract
(Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2019;44(1):29–31) Lumbar puncture (LP) is commonly performed for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes in patients with leukemia and lymphoma, who often develop thrombocytopenia. Oncologists are typically cautious to expose patients to unnecessary blood products for fear of alloimmunization, and therefore will perform LP at thrombocytopenic levels beyond that which anesthesiologists would deem acceptable for neuraxial procedures. There may be lessons anesthesiologists can learn from oncologists regarding spinal anesthesia in thrombocytopenic patients and the lowest platelet count at which regional blocks can be “safely” performed.
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