Preventive heparin therapy in obstetric practice

In obstetric practice, a significant number of patients receive anticoagulant medications for prophylactic purposes. This review presents the types of heparins used and examines clinical situations where prophylactic treatment with heparins is administered, including assisted reproductive technologies, obstetric complications of pregnancy, aspects of delivery, thrombotic complications, and extragenital pathology. The possibilities for improving the outcomes of prophylactic treatment with heparins and preventing arising complications are discussed.