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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEMATOLOGY
Volume 75, Issue 4, Pages 426-433Publisher
CARDEN JENNINGS PUBL CO LTD
DOI: 10.1007/BF02982137
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ITP; pregnancy; maternal complication; fetal thrombocytopenia; corticosteroid treatment
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Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) occurs more commonly in young women during the reproductive years. To obtain information for management of ITP in pregnancy, we performed a nationwide retrospective survey. Findings from a total of 284 pregnant women with ITP and their 286 newborn infants were available for analysis. The bleeding tendency at delivery was managed chiefly with corticosteroid, intravenous high-dose gamma-globulin, and platelet transfusion. Maternal complications occurred in 77 cases (27.1%) and were frequently seen in cases with poor control of ITP. Neonatal abnormalities, which were not influenced by the clinical state of the mother, occurred at a frequency of 17.8%. Thrombocytopenia in neonates occurred in 48 cases (22.4%), and bleeding tendency was found in 16 cases (6.3%) without severe bleeding. Prediction of thrombocytopenia in neonates was difficult. However, infants from splenectomized mothers with well-controlled ITP showed thrombocytopenia more frequently than those from nonsplenectomized mothers. Mothers treated with steroids at doses greater than 15 mg/day showed a high frequency of maternal complications and fetal abnormal body weight. These observations will be useful in the management of pregnant women with ITP and their infants. (C) 2002 The Japanese Society of Hematology.
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