THROMBOCYTOPENIA IN PREGNANCY

Course overview

THROMBOCYTOPENIA, DEFINED AS A PLATELET COUNT OF UNDER 150 X 10^9/L, IS THE SECOND MOST COMMON HEMATOLOGICAL ABNORMALITY IN PREGNANCY. THIS CME ACTIVITY REVIEWS THE PRESENTATION, DIAGNOSIS, AND MANAGEMENT OF THROMBOCYTOPENIA IN PREGNANCY, AND DISCUSSES THE ROLE OF THE AN INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM IN MANAGING PREGNANT WOMEN WITH LOW PLATELET COUNTS. THE READER WILL ALSO LEARN ABOUT THE ROLE OF OTHER SPECIALISTS, ESPECIALLY HEMATOLOGISTS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF PREGNANT WOMEN WITH THROMBOCYTOPENIA, AS WELL AS THE ETIOLOGIES OF THROMBOCYTOPENIA IN PREGNANCY AND HOW TO MANAGE THEM.