Obstetrics

Coagulation status linked to mid-trimester loss, but not later complications

Published in Women's Health Weekly, June 16th, 2005

Coagulation status of pregnant women as determined by thrombelastography is associated with mid-trimester loss of the pregnancy, but not complications occurring later in gestation, researchers in England report.

"There is much interest in the relationship between coagulation status and complications of pregnancy. The thrombelastograph (TEG) has been proposed as a useful, inexpensive tool to screen for patients with hypercoaguable states," according to F.M. Miall and colleagues, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, U.K.

Miall's group "investigated 588 unselected pregnant women at booking, obtaining blood samples for TEG and thrombophilia...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-06-16)

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