Gestational Thrombocytopenia: A Review on Recent Updates

Thrombocytopenia is a condition in which the blood platelet count is low. It is well established that the mild thrombocytopenia frequency is higher in normal pregnancy. This type of thrombocytopenia was named pregnancy-induced thrombocytopenia. However, recently, it has been widely known as gestatio...

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Published in:Curēus (Palo Alto, CA) CA), 2022-03, Vol.14 (3), p.e23204-e23204
Main Authors: Habas, Sr, Elmukhtar, Rayani, Amnna, Alfitori, Gamal, Eldin Ahmed, Gamal, Elzouki, Abdel-Naser Y
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Blood
Blood platelets
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Disease
Enzymes
Epidural
Hematology
Hematoma
Internal Medicine
Intervention
Liver
Lupus
Obstetrics/Gynecology
Pathophysiology
Physiology
Placenta
Postpartum period
Preeclampsia
Pregnancy
Thrombocytopenia
Vagina
Womens health
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Summary:Thrombocytopenia is a condition in which the blood platelet count is low. It is well established that the mild thrombocytopenia frequency is higher in normal pregnancy. This type of thrombocytopenia was named pregnancy-induced thrombocytopenia. However, recently, it has been widely known as gestational thrombocytopenia (GT). The rate is higher in women with a prior GT history and multiple pregnancies. However, it appears that GT is a physiological response to the pregnancy; placenta's peculiar structure and its unique blood flow pattern play major roles in GT development. There are no specific, precise, or known underlying pathophysiological mechanisms of GT, and no new specific management strategies are published yet. Therefore, we decided to do a non-systematic review of any recent updates that had been published in PubMed, EMBASE, and Web of Science about the pathophysiology of GT, its treatment, and other related topics.
ISSN:2168-8184
2168-8184
DOI:10.7759/cureus.23204