Post-term & Prolonged Pregnancy — Topic Test
20 questions · exam mode (answers revealed at the end). 18 min suggested.
A 31-year-old woman with a history of recurrent first-trimester losses is investigated. The peripheral blood smear and clotting studies are normal, but a prolonged activated partial thromboplastin time that fails to correct on mixing with normal plasma is noted, and anticardiolipin IgG is strongly positive on two occasions twelve weeks apart. In her next pregnancy, what is the recommended prophylaxis?
ALow-dose aspirin plus prophylactic low-molecular-weight heparin
BWarfarin throughout pregnancy
CCorticosteroids alone
DIntravenous immunoglobulin alone