Pulmonary thromboembolism during pregnancy in a woman with β-thalassaemia who had undergone splenectomy

J Obstet Gynaecol. 2016 Oct;36(7):883-884. doi: 10.1080/01443615.2016.1196170. Epub 2016 Aug 24.
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Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Anticoagulants / administration & dosage
  • Blood Coagulation Tests
  • Blood Transfusion / methods
  • Female
  • Gestational Age
  • Heparin / administration & dosage*
  • Humans
  • Labor, Induced / methods*
  • Lower Extremity / blood supply
  • Lung / diagnostic imaging
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications* / diagnosis
  • Pregnancy Complications* / etiology
  • Pregnancy Complications* / physiopathology
  • Pregnancy Complications* / therapy
  • Pulmonary Embolism* / diagnosis
  • Pulmonary Embolism* / etiology
  • Pulmonary Embolism* / physiopathology
  • Pulmonary Embolism* / therapy
  • Radiographic Image Enhancement / methods
  • Splenectomy* / adverse effects
  • Splenectomy* / methods
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Ultrasonography, Doppler, Duplex / methods
  • Venous Thrombosis* / diagnosis
  • Venous Thrombosis* / etiology
  • Venous Thrombosis* / physiopathology
  • Venous Thrombosis* / therapy
  • beta-Thalassemia* / complications
  • beta-Thalassemia* / diagnosis
  • beta-Thalassemia* / surgery

Substances

  • Anticoagulants
  • Heparin