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A pregnant, primiparous 32-year-old woman at 28 weeks’ gestation presented for a routine prenatal visit. Blood work showed thrombocytopenia with platelet count of 60 (reference range 130–380) × 109/L.

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Sleeping posture from 28 weeks’ gestation to birth is important for all pregnancies regardless of risk factors 1 A recent meta-analysis showed that, compared with the left-lateral going-to-sleep ...

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To further delineate the cause of the patient’s thrombocytopenia, we reviewed her transfusion history. The patient had received 2 units of packed erythrocytes on postoperative day 0; 1 unit on days 1, ...

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Footnotes Intérêts concurrents : Rhian Touyz reçoit des subventions des Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada (IRSC, 11381, 528410) et du Programme des chaires de recherche du Canada des IRSC. Cet ...

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