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Posted On : 18 Apr 2006

Treatment for the baby with maternal thrombocytopenia

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DrSSKalyanshettar

check baby's platelet levels. if less than 50000 give platelet conc. if mother has SLE give steroids

19 years ago

dr.sabir patel

early onset-no treatment
late onset-platelate transfusion

19 years ago

nikhil agrawal

Antenatal platelet transfusion by PUBS and postnatally IVIg, steroids,exchange transfusion. If fetal scalp platelet counts More than 50000-ml, consider vaginal delivery, otherwise caeserian section is preferred

19 years ago

Dr:Sh0kry Ismaiel

nothing

19 years ago

DR. PALLAB BASU

baby should be delivered by cesarean section and given a short course of prednisolone 2mg-kg-d or IVIG 0.4g-kg-d x 2-5days

19 years ago

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