title: Immune thrombocytopenia in pregnancy.
abstract: Management of immune thrombocytopenia in pregnancy can be a complex and challenging task and may be complicated by fetal-neonatal thrombocytopenia. Although fetal intracranial hemorrhage is a rare complication of immune thrombocytopenia in pregnancy, invasive studies designed to determine the fetal platelet count before delivery are associated with greater risk than that of fetal intracranial hemorrhage and are discouraged. Moreover, the risk of neonatal bleeding complications does not correlate with the mode of delivery, and cesarean section should be reserved only for obstetric indications.
authors.affiliation: Division of Hematology-Oncology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA.
authors.forename: Evi
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Stavrou
authors.forename: Keith R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: McCrae
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011250:Pregnancy Complications, Hematologic; D016553:Purpura, Thrombocytopenic, Idiopathic / Q000209:etiology*