title: Guidelines for use of anticoagulation in pregnancy.
abstract: This article reviews anticoagulant medications used for obstetric patients who have acute thrombosis or who require anticoagulant therapy for other indications. Medication options, dosing and monitoring, side effects, and complications are reviewed. Antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum management of therapy is discussed, as well as breastfeeding options.
authors.affiliation: Department of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, University of Connecticut John Dempsey Hospital, Farmington, CT 06030, USA. kfuller@uchc.edu
authors.forename: Kisti P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Fuller
authors.forename: Garry
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Turner
authors.forename: Satya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Polavarapu
authors.forename: Anne-Marie
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Prabulos
mesh_terms: D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006495:Heparin, Low-Molecular-Weight / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011250:Pregnancy Complications, Hematologic / Q000188:drug therapy*; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants; D006495:Heparin, Low-Molecular-Weight