[Epidural labor analgesia and parturient with type 2B von Willebrand disease].

Type 2B von Willebrand disease (vWD) is an inherited bleeding syndrome resulting from a qualitative abnormality of von Willebrand Factor with an increased affinity for the glycoprotein Ib platelet receptor. Pregnancy increases the severity of this disease by decreasing the platelet count restricting epidural anaesthesia because of adverse risk of spinal bleeding. There is a phenotypic variability of Type 2B vWD depending of the von Willebrand Factor mutation.

A new single use supraglottic airway device with a noninflatable cuff and an esophageal vent: an observational study of the i-gel.

Background: The i-gel is a new single-use supraglottic airway device with a noninflatable cuff and an esophageal vent.

Method: In this prospective, observational study, we evaluated the i-gel in 71 women.

Results: Insertion success rate was 97%.