This tutorial aims to highlight the importance of VTE/PE in obstetric patients and to examine the major risk factors associated with VTE/PE in pregnancy. It provides recommendations on the safe management of labour and delivery for women on prophylactic or therapeutic anticoagulation. It will only briefly touch on issues related to the diagnosis and management of women with confirmed VTE/PE in pregnancy.

207 Venous thromboembolism & obstetric anaesthesia