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In such cases, if the treatment of immune thrombocytopenia therapy (corticosteroids, or intravenous immunoglobulin) [2] does not improve the platelet count, the patient will be diagnosed with severe gestational thrombocytopenia. [2] Severe gestational thrombocytopenia may pose a risk for complications with the use of epidural or general ...
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Neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia (NAITP, NAIT, NATP or NAT) is a disease that affects babies in which the platelet count is decreased because the mother's immune system attacks her fetus' or newborn's platelets. A low platelet count increases the risk of bleeding in the fetus and newborn.
Hypercoagulability in pregnancy is the propensity of pregnant women to develop thrombosis (blood clots). Pregnancy itself is a factor of hypercoagulability (pregnancy-induced hypercoagulability), as a physiologically adaptive mechanism to prevent post partum bleeding. [1]
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Generally, in mothers with preeclampsia, labor is induced once the gestational age is >37 weeks. [13] In patients with preeclampsia with severe features or eclampsia, labor is induced once the gestational age is >34 weeks. [13] In patients with gestational hypertension and no other signs of severe disease, labor is generally induced at term. [13]
Immune thrombocytopenia [ edit ] Primary immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) is an acquired immune-mediated disorder characterized by isolated thrombocytopenia , defined as a peripheral blood platelet count less than 100 x 10 9 /L, and the absence of any obvious initiating and/or underlying cause of the thrombocytopenia.
ITP can be difficult to distinguish from gestational thrombocytopenia (which is by far the most common cause of thrombocytopenia in pregnancy). Unlike ITP, the platelet count in gestational thrombocytopenia rarely goes below 100,000, and a platelet count below 80,000 is even more rare (seen in less than 0.1% of cases of gestational ...