Publications
Pregnancy outcomes of mothers with immune thrombocytopenia
Shashikala Karanth Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, St. John’s Medical College and Hospital, Bangalore, Karnataka, India Christy Vijay Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, St. John’s Medical College and Hospital, Bangalore, Karnataka, India Chaitanya Harita Department of Medicine, St. John’s Medical College and Hospital, Bangalore, Karnataka, India Jaya S. Mol Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, St. John’s Medical College and Hospital, Bangalore, Karnataka, India Abstract
Background: It has been proposed that, thrombocytopenia is the most common haematological abnormality in pregnancy after anaemia. The incidence of severe immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) in pregnancy has been difficult to report because of the rarity of the disease. Objectives were to determine the prevalence, pregnancy outcomes, treatment modalities of ITP mothers over five years in a tertiary health care hospital in South India.