PREGNANCY-BIRTH Messages for October, 2001: Re: ITP and amnio

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Re: ITP and amnio

From: Lynn D. Montgomery, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 17 Oct 2001 10:01:00 -0500 (CDT)

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At Wed, 17 Oct 2001, eva wrote: >
>I am 41 y/o, 14 wks. pregnant, am scheduled for amnio in 3 weeks. I
>have ideopathic thrombocytopenia. My current platelet count is 105K
>(through finger stick - in a regular tube my platelets clump and I get
>very low counts of around 40K). Could my ITP cause complications with
>the amnio? Does it increase chances for fetal loss? Please advise...I
>also need to take a business trip (14 hour flight) one week after the
>amnio...
>
>Thank you so much
>
>--
>Eva
>

Eva, Your ITP should not present a problem, especially with a platelet count of 105K. Patients with ITP tend to have large sticky platelets that compensate somewhat for the occasional lower numbers... Lynn

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Lynn D. Montgomery, MD
Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Rocky Mountain Perinatal Center
Missoula, Montana

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