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pregnant with PE

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peter90036
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04/21/08 - 05:05 PM

1. pregnant woman lets say 26wks

high suspicion of PE

What do you do?
anticoagulate? - with what?
induce delivery then anticoagulate

2. pregnant woman lets say 26wks

high suspicion of PE

collapses on your table,

What do you do?

doc649
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04/22/08 - 08:15 AM

1:Heparin?
2. Embolectomy?

Ivonne
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04/22/08 - 08:55 AM

Heparin doen't cross the placenta, neither causes malformation in the fetus.

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04/22/08 - 01:56 PM

1 Heparin
2 ABC

chemamr
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04/22/08 - 03:32 PM

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doc649
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04/22/08 - 10:39 PM

peter.....ans pl.....

peter90036
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04/23/08 - 07:23 AM

1. Heparin doen't cross the placenta, neither causes malformation in the fetus. Thx,Ivonne

2. ABC, right! , whats after i dont know.

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