Reduced fetal platelet counts in pregnancies with abnormal Doppler umbilical flow waveforms

Gavin R. Wilcox; Brian J. Trudinger; Colleen M. Cook; Wendy R. Wilcox; Anita J. Connelly

Reduced fetal platelet counts in pregnancies with abnormal Doppler umbilical flow waveforms

Gavin R. Wilcox^*, Brian J. Trudinger, Colleen M. Cook, Wendy R. Wilcox, Anita J. Connelly

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Abstract

Fetal and maternal platelet counts were correlated with antenatal assessment of the umbilical-placental waveform. Forty singleton pregnancies were studied using Doppler ultrasound, and placental resistance was categorized as normal or high according to the systolic/diastolic ratio. We performed platelet counts on maternal and cord blood taken at the time of cesarean section. The high-resistance group had a mean fetal platelet count (218 ± 53 × 10³/μL significantly lower than that of the normal-resistance group (314 ± 76 × 10³/μL) (P<.001). This difference was evident in both the hypertensive and nonhypertensive subgroups of, the high-resistance group. There was no difference in mean maternal platelet counts between the high- and normal-resistance groups.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	639-643
Number of pages	5
Journal	Obstetrics and Gynecology
Volume	73
Issue number	4
Publication status	Published - 1 Apr 1989
Externally published	Yes

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