Pregnant patients with ET have an increased risk of first-trimester abortion which is not predictable by preconception platelet count or aspirin therapy. In addition, our experience does not support the use of prophylactic platelet apheresis during delivery.
Patients are unreliable judges of the quality of their own bowel preparation, tending to overestimate the cleanliness of their colon. Conversely, a patient's fear that their preparation is suboptimal is also inaccurate. A colonoscopy should not be canceled on the basis of a patient's perception that the quality of their preparation is poor.
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