Guidelines for use of anticoagulation in pregnancy

Kisti P Fuller; Garry Turner; Satya Polavarapu; Anne-Marie Prabulos

doi:10.1016/j.cll.2013.03.018

Guidelines for use of anticoagulation in pregnancy

Clin Lab Med. 2013 Jun;33(2):343-56. doi: 10.1016/j.cll.2013.03.018.

Authors

Kisti P Fuller¹, Garry Turner, Satya Polavarapu, Anne-Marie Prabulos

Affiliation

¹ Department of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, University of Connecticut John Dempsey Hospital, Farmington, CT 06030, USA. kfuller@uchc.edu

PMID: 23702122
DOI: 10.1016/j.cll.2013.03.018

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.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Anticoagulants* / administration & dosage
Anticoagulants* / therapeutic use
Female
Heparin, Low-Molecular-Weight / administration & dosage
Heparin, Low-Molecular-Weight / therapeutic use
Humans
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Hematologic / drug therapy*
Thrombosis / drug therapy*

Substances

Anticoagulants
Heparin, Low-Molecular-Weight