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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
''HELLP syndrome'' is a life-threatening [[obstetric]] complication considered by many to be a variant of [[pre-eclampsia]]. Both conditions occur during the later stages of [[pregnancy]], or sometimes after [[childbirth]]. | |||
HELLP is an abbreviation of the main findings:<ref name="Weinstein">{{cite journal |author=Weinstein L |title=Syndrome of hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, and low platelet count: a severe consequence of hypertension in pregnancy |journal=Am. J. Obstet. Gynecol. |volume=142 |issue=2 |pages=159-67 |year=1982 |pmid=7055180 |doi=}}</ref> | HELLP is an abbreviation of the main findings:<ref name="Weinstein">{{cite journal |author=Weinstein L |title=Syndrome of hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, and low platelet count: a severe consequence of hypertension in pregnancy |journal=Am. J. Obstet. Gynecol. |volume=142 |issue=2 |pages=159-67 |year=1982 |pmid=7055180 |doi=}}</ref> | ||
* [[Hemolysis| | * [[Hemolysis|''H''emolytic anemia]] | ||
* | * ''E''levated [[Liver enzyme|''L''iver enzymes]] and | ||
* [[Thrombocytopenia| | * [[Thrombocytopenia|''L''ow ''P''latelet count]] | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:Syndromes]] | |||
[[Category:Intensive care medicine]] | |||
[[Category:Disease]] | [[Category:Disease]] | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
HELLP syndrome is a life-threatening obstetric complication considered by many to be a variant of pre-eclampsia. Both conditions occur during the later stages of pregnancy, or sometimes after childbirth.
HELLP is an abbreviation of the main findings:[1]
- Hemolytic anemia
- Elevated Liver enzymes and
- Low Platelet count