HELLP syndrome. 7-year experience at the National Institute of Perinatology
Argueta Zúñiga, M.; Neri Méndez, C.; Lira Plascencia, J.; Ibargüengoitia, F.; Vázquez Juárez, M.E.
Ginecologia Y Obstetricia de Mexico 63: 217-221
1995
ISSN/ISBN: 0300-9041 PMID: 7789854 Document Number: 452432
We studied 36 patients with Hellp syndrome and her newborn during seven years in the National Institute of Perinatology (INPer). The objective of this study is show the epidemiology and clinic features, unite diagnostic criteria and classification, furthermore establish morbidity and mortality maternal and perinatal. The 44.6% (16/36) was type I, and 55.6% (20) was type II. The average of pregnancies was 3. The 38.9% (14/36) received regular prenatal control. Both types were more common in patients with preterm pregnancies, between 28-36 weeks. The patients with severe preeclampsia and eclampsia were more common. The cases with type I had more complications and stayed on hospital more time. The maternal mortality was 5.55%. Perinatal outcomes were unsatisfactory, with high incidence of asphyxiated newborn. The newborn of patients with type I had more severe complications and stayed more time on the hospital. The perinatal mortality was 32.43%.