Pregnancy of patients with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura: maternal and neonatal outcomes
Journal Title: Journal of the Turkish-German Gynecological Association - Year 2020, Vol 21, Issue 2
Abstract
Objective: Thrombocytopenia occurs in 7% of pregnant women. Along with other causes, idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP), which is an autoimmune disease with autoantibodies causing platelet destruction, must be considered in the differential diagnosis. Antiplatelet antibodies can cross the placenta and cause thrombocytopenia in the newborn. The aim of our study was to assess the management of ITP in pregnancy, and to investigate neonatal outcomes. Material and Methods: This retrospective study was conducted in a tertiary center including 89 pregnant patients with ITP followed between October 2011 and January 2018. Patients were evaluated in two groups according to diagnoses of ITP and chronic ITP. Age, obstetric history, ITP diagnosis, and follow-up period, presence of splenectomy, platelet count during pregnancy and after birth, treatment during pregnancy, route of delivery, weight and platelet count of newborn, sign of hemorrhage, and fetal congenital anomaly were assessed Results: Considering the ITP and chronic ITP groups, no significant difference was seen with respect to parity, timing of delivery, preoperative and postoperative platelet counts, and hemoglobin values. Route of delivery, birth weight, APGAR scores, newborn platelet count, and congenital anomaly rates were also similar. The timing of treatment was different because patients whose diagnoses were established during pregnancy were mostly treated for preparation of delivery. Treatment modalities were similar. Conclusion: Probability of severe thrombocytopenia at delivery is higher in patients with ITP who are diagnosed during pregnancy when compared with patients who received prepregnancy diagnoses. ITP is an important disease for both the mother and newborn. Patients should be followed closely in cooperation with the hematology department.
Authors and Affiliations
Hakan Kalaycı, Gülşen Doğan Durdağ, Şafak Yılmaz Baran, Seda Yüksel Şimşek, Songül Alemdaroğlu, Serdinç Özdoğan, Esra Bulgan Kılıçdağ
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