title: [Perinatal mortality and preeclampsia/eclampsia: influence of HELLP syndrome on the primigravida].
abstract: Perinatal losses have been studied in 37 pre-eclamptic/eclamptic patients: 13 of them exhibited a HELLP syndrome. Only 23 newborns survived (62.5%); after deduction of 4 pregnancies of less than 28 weeks, the perinatal mortality was 27%. Comparison with the local perinatal mortality showed a 6-fold higher risk for the fetus when pregnancy was complicated by pre-eclampsia/eclampsia, regardless of a superimposed HELLP syndrome. For reasons beyond our understanding the fetal losses with HELLP syndrome are much higher in primigravidae.
authors.affiliation: Maternité de l'Hôpital Manapo, Qwaqwa.
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Van Bogaert
mesh_terms: D004461:Eclampsia / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death / Q000209:etiology*; D017359:HELLP Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D010298:Parity; D011225:Pre-Eclampsia / Q000150:complications*; D011247:Pregnancy; D012307:Risk Factors; D013019:South Africa / Q000453:epidemiology
vernacular_title: Mortalité périnatale et prééclampsie/éclampsie: influence du HELLP syndrome sur la primigeste.