Components of the haemostatic mechanism at birth in pre-eclampsia with particular reference to fetal growth retardation.
- Authors
- Type
- Published Article
- Journal
- British journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 1976
- Volume
- 83
- Issue
- 12
- Identifiers
- PMID: 1034482
- Source
- Medline
- License
- Unknown
Abstract
A comparative study of proteinuric pre-eclampsia and normal pregnancy has been carried out to assess changes in the haemostatic mechanism in maternal and umbilical vein blood at birth. The results demonstrated changes in pre-eclampsia compatible with hypercoagulability with, in particular, depressed fibrinolysis. No strong pattern of differences from normal pregnancy or pre-eclampsia emerged when growth retarded infants were studied as a separate group.