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16 - Neonatal immune thrombocytopenias

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2010

By
Katharine A. Downes M.D.  and
Ravindra S. Sarode M.D.
Edited by
Rodger L. Bick ,
Eugene P. Frenkel ,
William F. Baker  and
Ravi Sarode
Katharine A. Downes M.D.
Affiliation:
Assistant Professor Department of Pathology, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Ravindra S. Sarode M.D.
Affiliation:
Professor of Pathology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center; Director: Transfusion Medicine and Hemostasis, Dallas, Texas, USA
Rodger L. Bick
Affiliation:
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas
Eugene P. Frenkel
Affiliation:
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas
William F. Baker
Affiliation:
University of California, Los Angeles
Ravi Sarode
Affiliation:
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas
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Summary

Introduction

Platelets first appear in the fetal circulation at approximately 5–6 weeks of gestational age. By the end of the first trimester, the mean fetal platelet count is greater than 150 × 109/l and this is maintained for the remainder of the gestation. Thus, at birth full term infants have normal platelet counts.

Thrombocytopenia in the full term, healthy neonate is defined as a platelet count of less than 150 × 109/l. The frequency of neonatal thrombocytopenia has been estimated at 1–4%. Approximately 1–2% of term infants born to mothers with normal platelet counts are thrombocytopenic at birth. There are numerous causes of neonatal thrombocytopenia, and a severe form of the disorder may result from increased consumption or destruction, deficient production, or abnormal splenic sequestration of platelets.

The major causes of neonatal thrombocytopenia are non-immune and related to infection, sepsis etc. Immune mediated platelet destruction resulting from transplacental passage of maternal antibodies remains an important cause of thrombocytopenia at birth. Up to 15% of neonatal thrombocytopenias that occur at birth result from maternal auto- or alloantibodies directed against fetal platelet antigens. Neonatal thrombocytopenia can be a devastating clinical condition and requires systematic evaluation of the cause and its management. It is also important to address the possibility of recurrence of thrombocytopenia in subsequent pregnancies. This chapter focuses on immune mediated thrombocytopenia in the fetus and neonate.

Neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia (NAITP)

Overview

NAITP is defined as thrombocytopenia (platelet count < 150 × 109/l) due to transplacentally acquired maternal platelet alloantibodies.

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Hematological Complications in Obstetrics, Pregnancy, and Gynecology , pp. 506 - 527
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2006

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  • Neonatal immune thrombocytopenias
    • By Katharine A. Downes, M.D., Assistant Professor Department of Pathology, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, Ravindra S. Sarode, M.D., Professor of Pathology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center; Director: Transfusion Medicine and Hemostasis, Dallas, Texas, USA
  • Edited by Rodger L. Bick, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Eugene P. Frenkel, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, William F. Baker, University of California, Los Angeles, Ravi Sarode, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas
  • Book: Hematological Complications in Obstetrics, Pregnancy, and Gynecology
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  • Edited by Rodger L. Bick, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Eugene P. Frenkel, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, William F. Baker, University of California, Los Angeles, Ravi Sarode, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas
  • Book: Hematological Complications in Obstetrics, Pregnancy, and Gynecology
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    • By Katharine A. Downes, M.D., Assistant Professor Department of Pathology, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, Ravindra S. Sarode, M.D., Professor of Pathology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center; Director: Transfusion Medicine and Hemostasis, Dallas, Texas, USA
  • Edited by Rodger L. Bick, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Eugene P. Frenkel, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, William F. Baker, University of California, Los Angeles, Ravi Sarode, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas
  • Book: Hematological Complications in Obstetrics, Pregnancy, and Gynecology
  • Online publication: 01 February 2010
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511526978.017
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