Pharmacological anti-thrombotic prophylaxis after elective caesarean delivery in thrombophilia unscreened women: Should maternal age have a role in decision making?

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 339-347

  Gizzo, Salvatore ^a,b   Noventa, Marco ^b   Anis, Omar ^b   Saccardi, Carlo ^b   Zambon, Alessandra ^b   Di Gangi, Stefania ^b   Tormene, Daniela ^b   Gangemi, Michele ^b   D'Antona, Donato ^b   Nardelli, Giovanni Battista ^b  

^a Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Caesarean delivery; Heparin; Low molecularweight heparin; Post partum period; Prophylactic anticoagulant treatment; Thromboembolic events; Venous thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

DALTEPARIN; ENOXAPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOMA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; REOPERATION; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL SITE HEMATOMA; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOEMBOLISM; THROMBOPHILIA; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; BLEEDING; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; COMPLICATION; DECISION MAKING; INTERMITTENT PNEUMATIC COMPRESSION DEVICE; PREGNANCY; PUERPERAL DISORDERS;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; DECISION MAKING; ELECTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HEMORRHAGE; HEPARIN, LOW-MOLECULAR-WEIGHT; HUMANS; INTERMITTENT PNEUMATIC COMPRESSION DEVICES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; THROMBOPHILIA; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 84904206700     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: 16193997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/jpm-2013-0160     Document Type: Article

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