ITP AND WOMEN’S HEALTH

08/08/2005


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Table of Contents

ITP AND WOMEN’S HEALTH

Why focus on women with ITP?

Gynaecological aspects of ITP

Menorrhagia and ITP

Side-effects of therapy

ITP AND PREGNANCY

What is the normal platelet count in pregnancy?

Thrombocytopenia in pregnancy

Gestational Thrombocytopenia

Gestational Thrombocytopenia characterized by:

ITP and pregnancy

Diagnosis of ITP in Pregnancy

Recommended Lab Tests in Pregnancy Thrombocytopenia*

Management of ITP in Pregnancy

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Management of ITP in Pregnancy

Targets for Treatment in Pregnancy*

Treatment Options

Corticosteroids

Intravenous Immunoglobulin

Severe/Refractory ITP in Pregnancy

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Management of Delivery

Neonatal Thrombocytopenia

Management of Delivery and Neonate

PLATELETS AND PREGNANCY: follow the advice of the Hitch-Hikers’Guide to the Galaxy

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Author: Derek Norfolk