Thrombocytopenia in pregnancy

Thrombocytopenia is a common hematoloc1gical disorder that has classically been evaluated in an orderly clinical and laboratory approach. When thrombocytopenia is identified in the patient who is pregnant, important clinical differences and therapeutic implications exist when compared to the non-pregnant patient. These relate to the safety of the mother during pregnancy, viability of the fetus, the proper approach to parturition, and …