ed from the database of PubMed (1979 – December 2012) using the search 67 terms including “acute fatty liver of pregnancy”, “HELLP syndrome”, and “liver 68 AFLP and HELLP syndrome 5 dysfunction in pregnancy”. English literatures cited in these reports were also 69

HDP (hypertensive diseases in pregnancy) are one of the leading causes of maternal and fetal mortality and morbidity. BMI (body mass index) is an established risk factor for pre-eclampsia, but its role in HELLP syndrome is unknown. We therefore investigated BMI as a risk factor in the development of HELLP syndrome. At the beginning of pregnancy, BMI was measured in 1067 women with a history of ...

HELLP syndrome (microangiopathic hemolytic anemia, elevated liver enzymes, GOT > 70 IU and LDH > 600 UI –and thrombocytopenia, platelets < 100,000/mL–) is a serious complication of preeclampsia (4-15% of cases of severe preeclampsia) and carries a high maternal and fetal mortality (1-25% and 10-60% respectively), mainly because of its complications such as the rupture liver (1). We present a ca...

PURPOSE to describe the clinical and laboratorial profile of HELLP syndrome patients admitted at an Obstetric Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and included in a randomized clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy of dexamethasone in this clinical setting. METHODS the present study is a secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial design to evaluate the efficacy of dexamethasone in patients with ...

Background The occurrence of hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, low platelets (HELLP) syndrome before 20 weeks of gestation is rare. HELLP is a possible but rare syndrome in gestational surrogate pregnancies for surrogates with risk factors for development of preeclampsia. Case A 32-year-old patient with chronic hypertension and positive antinuclear antibody presented for prenatal care at 13 we...

BACKGROUND Hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, and low platelet count (HELLP) syndrome is a serious complication of pregnancy associated with significant maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality. Several medical conditions have been described as imitators of this syndrome, presenting with similar signs and symptoms. CASE A term, multiparous woman with a history of prior pregnancy complicated...

HELLP syndrome (Hemolysis, Elevated Liver enzymes, Low Platelets) is considered to be a variant or severe form of pre-eclampsia, a life threatening complication of pregnancy. Gestational Diabetes Insipidus (GDI) can coexist with severe preeclampsia and HELLP syndrome. The combination of these two conditions presents a unique challenge to the anesthesiologist and the obstetric team, caring for t...