"Part of the Ritual": Exploring patient and physician decision-making regarding anticoagulation use in obstetric antiphospholipid syndrome.

CONCLUSIONS: Our findings should be considered when designing future research on studying the role for LMWH/ASA in this population, as it suggests that the perceived benefits of treatment go beyond improving pregnancy rates. Rather, patients described potential benefit from the process of taking action, even in the absence of a guaranteed good outcome.
PMID: 33472256 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Thrombosis and Haemostasis - January 20, 2021 Category: Hematology Authors: Skeith L, Rodger M, Bates SM, Gonsalves C, Karovitch A, Taylor T Tags: Thromb Haemost Source Type: research