Haematological disorders

Welcome to this Core Knowledge course on Haematological disorders.

When you have completed this course, you will be able to:

• describe the aetiology and the maternal and fetal effects of anaemia in pregnancy
• describe how to detect and manage anaemia antenatally
• describe the aetiology and diagnosis of haemoglobinopathies in pregnancy
• describe the implications for, and management in pregnancy, of thalassaemias and sickle cell disease
• describe the normal mechanism of coagulation and how this alters in pregnancy
• conduct prenatal counselling and the subsequent management of those women with inherited bleeding disorders
• manage the antenatal, intrapartum and postpartum care of a women with a previous thromboembolism or with an inherited thrombophilia
• diagnose and treat a thromboembolic event in pregnancy.