Gestational Thrombocytopenic Patients in Our Center: Analysis of the Patients and Review of the Literature

Authors

  • Emel Ebru Özçimen Başkent University Hospital Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, Selçuklu, Konya

Keywords:

Thrombocytopenia, Gestational thrombocytopenia, Platelet count

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Gestational thrombocytopenia is the most common cause of the thrombocytopenia in pregnancy. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of gestational thrombocytopenia (GT) among pregnant women in our center.

STUDY DESIGN: Platelet count was analyzed in 452 pregnant women. The patients were divided according to severity of thrombocytopenia.

RESULTS: Forty-five patients were thrombocytopenic. Six patients were severe, 16 patients were moderate and 23 patients were mild thrombocytopenic. The prevalence of GT was found 9.9 %.

CONCLUSION: Gestational thrombocytopenia is usually observed as mild form.

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Published

2015-08-30

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Özçimen EE. Gestational Thrombocytopenic Patients in Our Center: Analysis of the Patients and Review of the Literature. Gynecol Obstet Reprod Med [Internet]. 2015Aug.30 [cited 2024Dec.26];21(2):72-4. Available from: https://gorm.com.tr/index.php/GORM/article/view/22

Issue

Vol. 21 No. 2 (2015)

Section

Obstetrics; Maternal Fetal Medicine and Perinatology

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Copyright (c) 2015 Emel Ebru Özçimen

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