Blood Res.  2014 Dec;49(4):259-264. 10.5045/br.2014.49.4.259.

Can we predict neonatal thrombocytopenia in offspring of women with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura?

• Hachisuga
• Hidaka N
• Fujita Y
• Fukushima
• Kato K

• KMID: 2270684
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5045/br.2014.49.4.259

Abstract

BACKGROUND
We aimed to investigate which factors in the clinical profile of mothers with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) can predict neonatal risk of thrombocytopenia.
METHODS
Data was retrospectively collected from all pregnant women with ITP who presented to our institution between 2001 and 2013. Neonatal offspring of these women were classified into 2 groups based on the presence or absence of neonatal thrombocytopenia (platelet count <100x109/L). Several parameters were compared between the 2 groups, including maternal age, maternal platelet count, maternal treatment history, and thrombocytopenia in siblings. We further examined the correlation between maternal platelet count at the time of delivery and neonatal platelet count at birth; we also examined the correlation between the minimum platelet counts of other children born to multiparous women.
RESULTS
Sixty-six neonates from 49 mothers were enrolled in the study. Thrombocytopenia was observed in 13 (19.7%) neonates. Maternal treatment for ITP such as splenectomy did not correlate with a risk of neonatal thrombocytopenia. Sibling thrombocytopenia was more frequently observed in neonates with thrombocytopenia than in those without (7/13 vs. 4/53, P<0.01). No association was observed between maternal and neonatal platelet counts. However, the nadir neonatal platelet counts of first- and second-born siblings were highly correlated (r=0.87).
CONCLUSION
Thrombocytopenia in neonates of women with ITP cannot be predicted by maternal treatment history or platelet count. However, the presence of an older sibling with neonatal thrombocytopenia is a reliable risk factor for neonatal thrombocytopenia in subsequent pregnancies.

Keyword

Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura; Pregnancy; Neonatal thrombocytopenia

MeSH Terms

Child
Female
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Maternal Age
Mothers
Parturition
Platelet Count
Pregnancy
Pregnant Women
Purpura, Thrombocytopenic, Idiopathic*
Retrospective Studies
Risk Factors
Siblings
Splenectomy
Thrombocytopenia
Thrombocytopenia, Neonatal Alloimmune*

Figure

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  Fig. 1 Correlation between maternal platelet count at the time of delivery and neonatal platelet count at birth.

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  Fig. 2 Distribution of the maternal platelet count during early pregnancy and at delivery relative to neonatal thrombocytopenia.

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  Fig. 3 Correlation between the minimum platelet (plt) counts of the first and second siblings born to multiparous mothers with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura.

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