The HELLP syndrome: clinical issues and management. A Review

K Haram, E Svendsen, U Abildgaard - BMC pregnancy and childbirth, 2009 - Springer
Background The HELLP syndrome is a serious complication in pregnancy characterized by
haemolysis, elevated liver enzymes and low platelet count occurring in 0.5 to 0.9% of all …

Disseminated intravascular coagulation in pregnancy: insights in pathophysiology, diagnosis and management

O Erez, SA Mastrolia, J Thachil - American journal of obstetrics and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) is a life-threatening situation that can arise
from a variety of obstetrical and nonobstetrical causes. Obstetrical DIC has been associated …

Maternal morbidity and mortality in 442 pregnancies with hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, and low platelets (HELLP syndrome)

BM Sibai, MK Ramadan, I Usta, M Salama… - American journal of …, 1993 - Elsevier
Objective: Our purpose was to describe the incidence and effects of serious obstetric
complications on maternal outcome in pregnancies complicated by HELLP syndrome. Study …

The HELLP syndrome (hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, and low platelets): much ado about nothing?

BM Sibai - American journal of obstetrics and gynecology, 1990 - Elsevier
The question of whether the HELLP syndrome exists as a distinct entity or is part of a
spectrum of pregnancy complications, which have in common hemolysis, elevated liver …

Clinical utility of strict diagnostic criteria for the HELLP (hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, and low platelets) syndrome

F Audibert, SA Friedman, AY Frangieh… - American journal of …, 1996 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: Our purpose was to compare the maternal outcome of pregnancies
complicated by HELLP (hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, and low platelets) syndrome …

The natural history of HELLP syndrome: patterns of disease progression and regression

JN Martin Jr, PG Blake, KG Perry Jr, JF McCaul… - American journal of …, 1991 - Elsevier
Despite much recent interest in HELLP syndrome (hemolysis, elevated Jiver enzymes, and
Jow platelet count), there is little published information about the natural history of this …

Liver disease in pregnancy

TA Knox, LB Olans - New England Journal of Medicine, 1996 - Mass Medical Soc
Liver disease is a rare complication of pregnancy, but when it occurs it may do so in a
dramatic and tragic fashion for both mother and infant. Diseases such as acute fatty liver of …

Pregnancies complicated by HELLP syndrome (hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, and low platelets): subsequent pregnancy outcome and long-term prognosis

BM Sibai, MK Ramadan, RS Chri… - American journal of …, 1995 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: Our purpose was to describe subsequent pregnancy outcome and long-term
maternal prognosis in women with HELLP syndrome (hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes …

Neonatal outcome in severe preeclampsia at 24 to 36 weeks' gestation: does the HELLP (hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, and low platelet count) syndrome matter …

D Abramovici, SA Friedman, BM Mercer… - American journal of …, 1999 - Elsevier
Objective: Our purpose was to compare neonatal outcome after preterm delivery of infants
whose gestation was complicated by the HELLP (hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, and …

Temporising management of severe pre‐eclampsia with and without the HELLP syndrome

W Visser, HCS Wallenburg - BJOG: An International Journal of …, 1995 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To test the null hypothesis that the course and outcome of pregnancy in patients
with severe pre‐eclampsia receiving temporising haemodynamic treatment does not …