<prompt> Which of the following is not a contraindication for neuraxial block?Platelet count 50.000Patient on clopidogrelLocal infectionPatient on antihypertensive medication  <response>: Ans. d. Patient on antihypertensive medication Ref: Lees 13e p477-484; Morgans 4e p299; Millers 6e p1654Patient on antihypertensive medication is not a contraindication for neuraxial block.Neuraxial Block:Patients with platelet 80,000ml: Relative contraindicationMarked coagulopathy, blood dyscrasias or full anticoagulant therapy: Absolute contraindicationMarked skin sepsis and marked spinal deformity: Absolute contraindicationContraindications of Centrineuraxial SpinalEpidural AnesthesiaAbsolute contraindicationsRelative contraindications Patients refusal Patients inability to maintain stillness during the needle puncture dementia, psychosis Raised intracranial tension Papilledema, cerebral edema, tumors in posterior, suspected subarachnoid hemorrhage Severe Hypovolemia Severe stenotic valvular heart disease the patient may be unable to compensate for vasodilation because of a fixed cardiac output Marked skin sepsis and marked spinal deformity Marked coagulopathy, blood dyscrasias or full anticoagulant therapy Pre-existing neurological deficit demyelinating lesions due to medicolegal problems All severe and marked diseases in lesser degree spinal deformity, sepsis Pre-eclamptic toxemia Mildly impaired coagulation Patients with platelet 80,000ml 