Deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism in pregnancy: Diagnosis, complications, and management

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 345-359

  Brown, Haywood L ^a   Hiett, Adam K ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticoagulation; Pregnancy; Thromboembolism; Thrombophilia obesity; Thromboprophylaxis

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBIN III; D DIMER; FONDAPARINUX; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; OXYGEN; PROTAMINE SULFATE; PROTEIN C; PROTEIN S; THROMBIN; WARFARIN; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ANTICOAGULATION; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLEEDING; BONE DEMINERALIZATION; CESAREAN SECTION; COMPRESSION; COMPRESSION GARMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEMODYNAMICS; HEPARIN INDUCED THROMBOCYTOPENIA; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; LABOR; LEG SWELLING; LOADING DRUG DOSE; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOPOROSIS; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTTHROMBOSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PRURITUS; PUERPERIUM; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SKIN NECROSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TACHYCARDIA; TACHYPNEA; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOEMBOLISM; THROMBOPHILIA; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; TREATMENT DURATION; URTICARIA; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

ANTICOAGULANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 77951968407     PISSN: 00099201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GRF.0b013e3181deb27e     Document Type: Review

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