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Case report: post partum class 1 HELLP syndrome

Authors: F. M. S. Basama, K. Granger

Published in: Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics | Issue 3/2007

Abstract

The objective of this case report is to highlight the lack of screening tests that is capable of predicting HELLP syndrome before its occurrence. The patient developed severe pre-eclamptic toxaemia at 34+ weeks gestation. The foetus was growth retarded. The patient received anti-hypertensive therapy and was delivered by an emergency caesarean section. The patient developed post partum HELLP syndrome that required supportive treatment and renal haemodialysis; nevertheless, the patient fully recovered.

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Title: Case report: post partum class 1 HELLP syndrome
Authors: F. M. S. Basama
K. Granger
Publication date: 01-03-2007
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics / Issue 3/2007
Print ISSN: 0932-0067
Electronic ISSN: 1432-0711
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00404-006-0199-y

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