RENAL FUNCTION DERANGEMENT IN HELLP SYNDROME
Journal Title: Journal of Evidence Based Medicine and Healthcare - Year 2017, Vol 4, Issue 28
Abstract
BACKGROUND HELLP is the acronym for haemolysis, elevated liver enzymes and low platelet count. HELLP syndrome is a form of severe preeclampsia with an incidence of 0.2-0.6% of all pregnancies. The aim of our study is to evaluate the trend of renal dysfunction in HELLP syndrome patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS This is a cross-sectional observational study conducted in Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Institute of Maternal and Child Health, Government Medical College, Kozhikode, during the period of 12 months from January 2013 to December 2013. All patients with HELLP syndrome were included in the study and their renal function tests monitored. RESULTS Results were renal dysfunction prevalence in HELLP syndrome patients is 77%. The renal impairment recovered by 6 days on an average. All had normal renal function tests at the time of discharge. Patients with renal function derangement had a mean duration of hospital stay and transfusion requirements more than the patients without renal function derangement, which was statistically significant (p value 0.036). Haemodialysis required for one out of 60 patients. One maternal mortality due to acute renal failure. CONCLUSION As the prevalence of renal dysfunction is high, some amount of renal impairment maybe a part of the HELLP syndrome disease spectrum itself. Though the incidence of progression to acute renal failure and dialysis is less, this is the important cause of morbidity and mortality in HELLP syndrome patients.
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Anusha Harihara Gopalan, Beena Guhan
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