Successful pregnancy following aplastic anaemia.
Pregnancy following idiopathic aplastic anaemia is rare and is difficult to manage because of life-threatening episodes of bleeding and infections. Only a handful of cases has been reported in the literature. The pregnancies were unsuccessful in the majority. The present report describes a patient w...
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| author | Leong, K.W. Teh, A. Bosco, J.J. Lim, J. |
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| description | Pregnancy following idiopathic aplastic anaemia is rare and is difficult to manage because of life-threatening episodes of bleeding and infections. Only a handful of cases has been reported in the literature. The pregnancies were unsuccessful in the majority. The present report describes a patient with moderately severe idiopathic aplastic anaemia who was managed with intensive haematological support leading to delivery of a healthy infant by caesarean section. Despite platelet transfusion refractoriness as a result of transfusions prior to pregnancy, adequate platelet transfusions prevented excessive bleeding. The literature is reviewed and management with platelet transfusions is discussed. |
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| spelling | my.um.eprints-3432014-10-21T00:49:17Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/343/ Successful pregnancy following aplastic anaemia. Leong, K.W. Teh, A. Bosco, J.J. Lim, J. R Medicine (General) Pregnancy following idiopathic aplastic anaemia is rare and is difficult to manage because of life-threatening episodes of bleeding and infections. Only a handful of cases has been reported in the literature. The pregnancies were unsuccessful in the majority. The present report describes a patient with moderately severe idiopathic aplastic anaemia who was managed with intensive haematological support leading to delivery of a healthy infant by caesarean section. Despite platelet transfusion refractoriness as a result of transfusions prior to pregnancy, adequate platelet transfusions prevented excessive bleeding. The literature is reviewed and management with platelet transfusions is discussed. 1995-10 Article PeerReviewed Leong, K.W. and Teh, A. and Bosco, J.J. and Lim, J. (1995) Successful pregnancy following aplastic anaemia. Postgraduate medical journal, 71 (840). pp. 625-7. ISSN 0032-5473, DOI 8545293. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2398268/?tool=pubmed 8545293 |
| spellingShingle | R Medicine (General) Leong, K.W. Teh, A. Bosco, J.J. Lim, J. Successful pregnancy following aplastic anaemia. |
| title | Successful pregnancy following aplastic anaemia. |
| title_full | Successful pregnancy following aplastic anaemia. |
| title_fullStr | Successful pregnancy following aplastic anaemia. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Successful pregnancy following aplastic anaemia. |
| title_short | Successful pregnancy following aplastic anaemia. |
| title_sort | successful pregnancy following aplastic anaemia. |
| topic | R Medicine (General) |
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