The HELLP syndrome: case report and review of the literature.
A pregnant patient with a chief complaint of chest pain was found to have many characteristic findings of the HELLP syndrome. A number of pregnancy-related conditions have in common various degrees of hypertension, proteinuria, edema, hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, and low platelets. Emergency physicians should search for clinical and laboratory signs of these conditions when evaluating ill pregnant patients.
Covenant Medical Center, Urbana, Illinois.
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D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D017359:HELLP Syndrome / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy