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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-9-7
pubmed:abstractText
We studied on coagulation and fibrinolysis systems during pregnancy by measuring plasma levels of thrombin-antithrombin III complex (TAT), plasmin-alpha 2 plasmin inhibitor complex (PIC), fibrinogen/fibrin degradation products (FDP), plasminogen (PLG) and antithrombin III (AT-III). Ninety seven pregnant, 5 post-delivery and 32 nonpregnant women aged from 20 to 52 years old were included in this study. Plasma concentrations of TAT and PIC in nonpregnant women were 3.38 +/- 1.02 micrograms/l and 0.65 +/- 0.24 micrograms/ml, respectively. TAT gradually increased with the progression of pregnancy and rapidly decreased after the delivery. Whereas PIC and AT-III concentrations did not change significantly during pregnancy. Fibrinogen, PLG and FDP concentrations changed similarly as TAT. Eight pregnants whose plasma PIC concentrations elevated more than 1.0 micrograms/l were further examined. In 6 women out of them (71.5%), FDP concentrations were elevated. In this particular group of subjects, however, they delivered normally without complications such as toxemia. These observations suggest that, at least, a hypercoagulative state progresses with pregnancy, being normalized after the delivery. Although we could not find the relationship between the hypercoagulation and clinical complications such as thrombosis and toxemia of pregnancy, present findings suggest that special caution should be paid on the pregnants whose TAT and FDP levels are elevated.
pubmed:language
jpn
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0047-1860
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
40
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1287-91
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
[Coagulation and fibrinolysis in pregnancy].
pubmed:affiliation
Section of Clinical Laboratory, University Hospital, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract