BMJ Case Rep
Rapidly progressing HELLP syndrome and massive liver destruction in a 22-year-old female pregnant with monochorionic diamniotic gemelli.
Brøsen J, Stærk D, Feldthusen AD, Rasmussen A, Damholt MB
Haemolysis Elevated Liver parameters and Low Platelets (HELLP) syndrome can present with abdominal pain as the only symptom. It can be rapid with fail ...
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Hepatology 2020 Jan 28
Acute Liver Failure (ALF) in Pregnancy: How Much Is Pregnancy-Related?
Casey LC, Fontana RJ, Aday A, Nelson DB, Rule JA, Gottfried M, Tran M, Lee WM
Acute liver failure (ALF), characterized by sudden onset of coagulopathy (INR = 1.5) and encephalopathy may occur during pregnancy, either as a pregna ...
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A A Pract 2020 Jan 16
Adding to the Denominator: A Case Report of Neuraxial Anesthesia for Cesarean Delivery in the Setting of Hemolysis, Elevated Liver Enzyme, Low Platelet, Thrombocytopenia, and Pulmonary Hypertension.
Meng ML, Bernstein K, Hussey P, Emeruwa UN, Mourad M, Haythe J, Landau R
The acceptable platelet count for the safe provision of neuraxial anesthesia in obstetric patients is unknown. Comorbidities may sway a provider to pe ...
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Pregnancy Hypertens
Severe proteinuria as a parameter of worse perinatal/neonatal outcomes in women with preeclampsia.
Morikawa M, Mayama M, Saito Y, Nakagawa-Akabane K, Umazume T, Chiba K, Kawaguchi S, Cho K, Watari H
The present study aimed to determine the relationship between the severity of proteinuria and maternal/neonatal outcomes among women with preeclampsia ...
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J. Matern. Fetal. Neonatal. Med. 2020 Feb 03
Nonovert disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) in pregnancy: a new scoring system for the identification of patients at risk for obstetrical hemorrhage requiring blood product transfusion.
Alhousseini A, Romero R, Benshalom-Tirosh N, Gudicha D, Pacora P, Tirosh D, Kabiri D, Yeo L, Thachil J, Hsu CD, Hassan SS, Erez O
Background: Nonovert disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) is a subclinical hemostatic dysfunction that has not yet reached the decompensation ...
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