HELLP-Syndrom

Authors :: Kuhn, W.
Graeff, H.
Rath, W.
Loos, W.
Source :: Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics; July 1989, Vol. 245 Issue: 1-4 p817-819, 3p
Publication Year :: 1989
Abstract: Summary: 32 patients suffering from HELLP-syndrome (hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, low platelets, [pains in the right epigastrium] were treated in the departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Universities of Gttingen and Munich (Rechts der Isar) during the last 2 years. The clinical management was the following: <table><tr><td>1. </td><td> Laboratory examinations in each case of “gestosis and asymptomatic placental insufficiency”. </td></tr><tr><td>2. </td><td> Patients with HELLP-syndrome were delivered consequently by c.s., if vaginal delivery could not be performed earlier. </td></tr></table>