Paper I
2025 March (Supplementary (SAY)) (2019 Scheme) · 100 marks · 180 min

Question

The anticoagulant of choice in pregnancy is:

  • a) Heparin
  • b) Warfarin
  • c) Dicumarol
  • d) Phenindione
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Answer

Correct answer: a) Heparin

Heparin (including LMWH) does not cross the placenta and is not teratogenic, making it the anticoagulant of choice throughout pregnancy. Warfarin and other oral anticoagulants (dicumarol, phenindione) readily cross the placenta and are teratogenic, particularly in the first trimester (warfarin embryopathy) and near term (fetal/neonatal hemorrhage risk).

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