Obstetrics & Gynecology

Benign Hematology

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For patients with a history of pregnancy loss, do you evaluate for PAI-1 polymorphisms as part of a thrombophilia workup?

If positive, do you anticoagulate for subsequent pregnancies?

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How often do you check weight and adjust anticoagulation dosing in pregnancy?

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How would you manage presumed gestational thrombocytopenia with moderate thrombocytopenia for delivery planning?

Platelet counts 50-80k in third trimester, with no obvious other underlying etiology on work up (vWD, TMA, no hx ITP), and no history of bleeding. How...

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What is your goal ferritin level in pregnancy?

ACOG 2021 practice guidelines use ferritin >30 ng/mL.

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In a patient with sickle cell disease on hydroxyurea who is planning to have a family, for how long should they be off the drug before trying to conceive?

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Journal of the National Medical Association, 2009-10

Exposure to hydroxyurea and pregnancy outcomes in patients with sickle cell anemia.

Blood,

Reproductive issues in sickle cell disease.

Trials, 2015-05-07

ALIFE2 study: low-molecular-weight heparin for women with recurrent miscarriage and inherited thrombophilia--study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

Blood advances, 2018-11-27

American Society of Hematology 2018 guidelines for management of venous thromboembolism: venous thromboembolism in the context of pregnancy.

Lancet (London, England), 2022 Oct 28

Intermediate-dose versus low-dose low-molecular-weight heparin in pregnant and post-partum women with a history of venous thromboembolism (Highlow study): an open-label, multicentre, randomised, controlled trial.

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