Pre-eclampsia and the HELLP syndrome.
A case of HELLP (haemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, and low platelet count) and its implications for the country family practitioner- obstetrician is described. The author discusses pre-eclampsia as a multiorgan pathophysiological process, which can present as variants not necessarily in a chronological order of severity. He recommends that it would be reasonable to screen at risk patients with a full blood examination and multiple biochemical analysis from 32 weeks.
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D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006461:Hemolysis; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology*; D010976:Platelet Count; D011225:Pre-Eclampsia / Q000150:complications*; D011247:Pregnancy; D012307:Risk Factors