Should you test or treat pregnant women with a history of pregnancy-related VTE?

dc.contributor.author	Crotteau, Charles A.	eng
dc.contributor.author	Kovach, Fran E.	eng
dc.date.issued	2013	eng
dc.description.abstract	No high-quality evidence supports testing for thrombophilia in pregnant patients who have experienced venous thromboembolism (VTE) in a previous pregnancy. Antepartum and postpartum anticoagulation with LMWH produces lower rates of VTE in patients with a prior history of VTE in pregnancy. Pregnant women with a prior history of VTE who are not treated with anticoagulation have about a 5% risk of antepartum or postpartum VTE. Expert opinion recommends graduated compression stockings.	eng
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10355/36698	eng
dc.language	English	eng
dc.publisher	Family Physicians Inquiries Network	eng
dc.relation.ispartofcollection	Clinical Inquiries, 2013 (MU)	eng
dc.relation.ispartofcommunity	University of Missouri--Columbia. School of Medicine. Department of Family and Community Medicine. Family Physicians Inquiries Network	eng
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Journal of family practice, 62, no. 04 (April 2013): 206-207.	eng
dc.rights	OpenAccess.	eng
dc.rights.license	This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License.	eng
dc.subject	thrombophilia	eng
dc.subject	low-molecular-weight heparin	eng
dc.subject.lcsh	Pregnant women	eng
dc.subject.lcsh	Thromboembolism	eng
dc.subject.lcsh	Pregnancy -- Complications	eng
dc.title	Should you test or treat pregnant women with a history of pregnancy-related VTE?	eng
dc.type	Article	eng

Clinical Inquiries, 2013
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