Episode 62: Problems during pregnancy with Jacqueline Galvan part 1
Anesthesia and Critical Care Reviews and Commentary (ACCRAC) Podcast
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Anti-Phospholipid Syndrome
Anti-phospholipid syndrome is associated with autoantibodies against cell membrane lipids they really confers the patient in to be a hypercoagulable state despite some of the terminology used. These abnormal antibodies they bind a phospholipids on some cell membranes and that can activate things like platelets and they ultimately abnormally form clots. How does their propensity to clot affect the pregnancy? That's great that's a good question rather sorry so what can happen a lot of these patients can present with recurrent fetal loss especially in the later trimesters of their trimesters.
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