Venous thromboembolism in pregnancy

Catherine J. Calderwood; Omar I. Thanoon

doi:10.1016/j.ogrm.2013.05.003

Venous thromboembolism in pregnancy

Catherine J. Calderwood^*, Omar I. Thanoon

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Abstract

Venous thromboembolism (VTE) includes deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE). In pregnancy, deep vein thrombosis accounts for 75-80% of venous thromboembolism, the remainder are pulmonary embolisms. One half of these VTEs occur during pregnancy and the other half in the postpartum period. Venous thromboembolism is one of the leading causes of maternal mortality worldwide and is also the cause of significant maternal morbidity. This article discusses the risk factors for VTE in pregnancy, the management of the pregnant woman at risk both antenatally and postpartum and the acute management of VTE when it occurs during pregnancy.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	227-230
Number of pages	4
Journal	Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Reproductive Medicine
Volume	23
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ogrm.2013.05.003
Publication status	Published - 3 Aug 2013

Keywords

deep vein thrombosis
pregnancy
pulmonary embolism
thromboembolism

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