OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the value of the plasma fibrin D-dimer test, a sensitive indicator of @entity854 , as a method of affirmation of partial @entity5869 . METHODS: Fibrin D-dimer studies were obtained on 25 healthy, normotensive gravidas with late second and third trimester uterine @entity548 and a clinical diagnosis of partial @entity5869 . The test was repeated 24 hours later if @entity548 persisted. The results were compared with D-dimer tests done on 30 healthy, term gravidas. Postpartum, all placentas were evaluated for evidence of abruption, and those suspected of abruption were sent for pathologic evaluation. RESULTS: Three of 34 D-dimer tests, performed on 25 @entity1 who had 28 @entity548 episodes, were mildly elevated. At delivery, 12 of the 25 placentas showed evidence of abruption, and six had pathologic findings suggesting abruption. One of the 16 D-dimer tests done on these 12 @entity1 was mildly elevated, and 2 of the 18 tests done on the other 13 @entity1 , whose placentas appeared normal, were mildly elevated. All 30 D-dimer studies in the control group were normal. The difference between the study group and the controls' results was not significant (P = 0.3). CONCLUSION: We did not find the fibrin D-dimer test to be of value in substantiating the diagnosis of partial @entity5869 .

Plasma fibrin D-dimer in pregnancies complicated by partial XXXX .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['women'] @entity854 :: ('MESH:D018376', 'Disease') :: ['coagulation abnormalities'] @entity548 :: ('MESH:D006470', 'Disease') :: ['bleeding'] @entity5869 :: ('MESH:D000037', 'Disease') :: ['placental abruption']
@entity5869 :: (MESH:D000037,Disease) :: ['placental abruption']
