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Diagnosis of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism in pregnancy: a systematic review Nijkeuter M; Ginsberg JS; Huisman MVJ Thromb Haemost 2006[Mar]; 4 (3): 496-500INTRODUCTION: Diagnosing deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE) in pregnancy is challenging. Many of the common diagnostic tests, including compression ultrasonography (CUS), ventilation-perfusion scintigraphy (VQ scan) and helical computed tomography (hCT) that have been extensively investigated in non-pregnant patients, have not been appropriately validated in pregnancy. Extrapolating results of diagnostic studies of DVT and PE in non-pregnant patients to those who are pregnant may not be correct because during pregnancy, physiologic and anatomic changes may affect diagnostic test results, presentation and natural history of VTE. METHODS: We performed a systematic analysis of published studies addressing accurate diagnostic testing for DVT and PE in pregnancy to determine the accuracy of these tests in pregnancy. RESULTS: Our initial search yielded 530 articles of which four remained for inclusion, three studies investigating diagnostic testing in patients with a clinical suspicion of DVT or PE and one study in patients with a clinical suspicion of PE. CONCLUSIONS: From our systematic analysis of published studies investigating diagnostic testing for a clinical suspicion of DVT in pregnancy we conclude that; (i) two studies support withholding anticoagulant therapy in pregnant women with a clinical suspicion of DVT and normal results on serial IPG (impedance plethysmography), however, IPG is no longer used; (ii) one study demonstrated that a normal CUS at presentation combined with a normal D-dimer test or an abnormal D-dimer test combined with normal serial CUS appears promising for safely excluding DVT in pregnant patients, but too few patients were included in this pilot-study to draw firm conclusions; and (iii) one study investigated pregnant patients with a clinical suspicion of PE and this study concluded that in patients with normal or non-diagnostic VQ scans, withholding anticoagulant therapy might be safe, but this needs confirmation in larger studies. Recommendations on diagnostic testing of pregnant patients with a clinically suspected DVT or PE are provided.|Female[MESH]|Humans[MESH]|Practice Guidelines as Topic[MESH]|Pregnancy[MESH]|Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular/*diagnosis[MESH]|Pulmonary Embolism/*diagnosis[MESH]|Tomography, Spiral Computed[MESH]|Ultrasonography/methods[MESH]|Venous Thrombosis/*diagnosis[MESH]|Ventilation-Perfusion Ratio[MESH] |
