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. 2000 Jan;95(1):29-33.
doi: 10.1016/s0029-7844(99)00537-2.

Platelet count at term pregnancy: a reappraisal of the threshold

F Boehlen  1 , P Hohlfeld, P Extermann, T V Perneger, P de Moerloose
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Platelet count at term pregnancy: a reappraisal of the threshold

F Boehlen et al. Obstet Gynecol. 2000 Jan.

Abstract

Objective: To assess the safety of a new platelet count threshold for the definition of maternal thrombocytopenia late in pregnancy.

Methods: A platelet count was performed in 6770 pregnant women late in pregnancy and in 6103 of their newborns as well as in a control group of 287 age-matched nonpregnant healthy women.

Results: The prevalence of maternal thrombocytopenia (platelet count less than 150 x 10(9)/L) was 11.6%. The mean platelet counts (248 compared with 213 x 10(9)/L) and 2.5th percentile (164 compared with 116 x 10(9)/L) were significantly higher in healthy nonpregnant women than in pregnant women. Among thrombocytopenic pregnant women, 621 (79%) had platelet counts between 116 and 149 x 10(9)/L; none (0%; 95% confidence interval 0, 0.6) had complications related to thrombocytopenia, and none of their newborns had severe thrombocytopenia (platelet count less than 20 x 10(9)/L).

Conclusion: In healthy pregnant women, a platelet count over 115 x 10(9)/L late in pregnancy does not require further investigation during pregnancy and may be considered a safe threshold.

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