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Trajectory of platelets in pregnancy – do low‐risk women need an intrapartum full blood count prior to epidural?
Author(s) -
Duong Christine,
KidsonGerber Giselle,
Peters Nancy,
Listijono Dave R.,
Henry Amanda
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.734
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1479-828X
pISSN - 0004-8666
DOI - 10.1111/ajo.12362
Subject(s) - medicine , platelet , gestation , obstetrics , pregnancy , complete blood count , full term , blood count , gynecology , genetics , biology
This study aimed to investigate whether pregnant women with a normal 28‐week gestation platelet count and no high‐risk conditions for thrombocytopenia require a pre‐epidural platelet count. All 1844 included women (platelet count > 150 × 10 9 /L at 28 weeks' gestation, term singleton birth, no thrombocytopenia risk conditions) had a platelet count > 100 × 10 9 /L prebirth, suggesting low‐risk pregnant women do not require pre‐epidural full blood count solely to check platelet count.