title: Hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, and low platelet (HELLP) syndrome in a 26-year-old woman with cystic fibrosis: a case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The microangiopathic hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, and low platelet (HELLP) syndrome is a rare and potentially fatal complication of pregnancy. Here, to the best of our knowledge, we describe only the second reported case of this syndrome in a woman with cystic fibrosis.
  
  
  METHODS
  This report describes the case of a 26-year-old woman of Caucasian ethnicity with mild cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis who ultimately manifested the triad of microangiopathic hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, and low platelet count in the third trimester of pregnancy. Her baby was delivered successfully after a semi-elective caesarean section.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Pregnancies in patients with cystic fibrosis are associated with an increased rate of complications. This case is of importance as it describes only for the second time the successful delivery of a baby in a women with cystic fibrosis, in a pregnancy also threatened by the microangiopathic hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, and low platelet syndrome. This case will be of special interest to obstetricians, pediatricians, and medical, nursing and allied health staff involved in the delivery of cystic fibrosis care.
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Monash Medical Centre, 246 Clayton Road, Clayton, 3168, Australia. james.geake@southernhealth.org.au.
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Geake
authors.forename: Eli
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Dabscheck
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Reid