[Immune thrombocytopenia and pregnancy: State of knowledge and unanswered questions]

V Loustau; O Pourrat; L Mandelbrot; B Godeau

doi:10.1016/j.revmed.2014.07.009

[Immune thrombocytopenia and pregnancy: State of knowledge and unanswered questions]

Rev Med Interne. 2015 Mar;36(3):167-72. doi: 10.1016/j.revmed.2014.07.009. Epub 2014 Aug 27.

[Article in French]

Authors

V Loustau¹, O Pourrat², L Mandelbrot³, B Godeau⁴

Affiliations

¹ Service de médecine interne, centre de référence des cytopénies auto-immunes de l'adulte, CHU Henri-Mondor, AP-HP, UPEC, 94010 Créteil, France.
² Département de médecine interne, CHU La Mileterie, 86000 Poitiers, France.
³ HUPNVS, service de gynécologie et d'obstétrique, université Paris-Diderot, hôpital Louis-Mourier, AP-HP, 92700 Colombes, France.
⁴ Service de médecine interne, centre de référence des cytopénies auto-immunes de l'adulte, CHU Henri-Mondor, AP-HP, UPEC, 94010 Créteil, France. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 25172779
DOI: 10.1016/j.revmed.2014.07.009

Abstract

Pregnancy is a common problem in women with immune thrombocytopenia (ITP). It could be a source of anxiety for the patients and their family, nurses and medical doctors and many questions are unresolved in this setting. Most of published recommendations were based on experts' opinion rather than on evidence-based medicine and randomized studies. The objectives of this article are to remind the known recommendations and to discuss the unresolved questions and the prospective.

Keywords: Grossesse; Immune thrombocytopenia; Plaquettes; Platelet; Pregnancy; Purpura thrombopénique immunologique; Thrombocytopenia; Thrombopénie.

Publication types

English Abstract
Review

MeSH terms

Female
Humans
Platelet Count
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Hematologic / therapy*
Purpura, Thrombocytopenic, Idiopathic / complications*
Purpura, Thrombocytopenic, Idiopathic / therapy
Risk Factors