Definition: The co-occurrence of pregnancy and a blood disease (HEMATOLOGIC DISEASES) which involves BLOOD CELLS or COAGULATION FACTORS. The hematologic disease may precede or follow FERTILIZATION and it may or may not have a deleterious effect on the pregnant woman or FETUS.
for disorders of formed elements or coagulation processes of blood in pregnancy, not for excess or deficiency of substances in the blood (as HYPOKALEMIA + PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS not PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC); coordinate IM with specific hema