Evaluation of Coagulation Markers in Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Care at a Teaching Hospital in Aba, Nigeria.

ABSTRACT

Introduction:

Pregnancy may alter the haemostatic system, which is directed at protecting the maternal subjects from haemorrhage during pregnancy and postpartum and the foetal subjects during
implantation. This study was set to investigate the effect of pregnancy on the haemostatic system and possible predisposition to coagulopathy.