Platelets are a type of blood cell that are responsible for the coagulation of blood. Platelets prevent a person from hemorrhaging when they become wounded. If a person's platelet count is too low, they are at risk for hemorrhage, but if it is too high, they may be at risk for blood ...
Acute fatty liver of pregnancy (AFLP) and hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, and low platelets (HELLP) syndrome are both associated with significant maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality. Because of the overlap of several clinical and laboratory findings differentiation can sometimes be ...
Pregnancies complicated by HELLP syndrome (hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, and low platelets): Subsequent pregnancy outcome and long-term prognosis: Sibai B.M.; Ramadan M.K.; Chari R.S.; Friedman S.A. USA Am J Obstet Gynecol 1995 172/1 (125–1290)...
The HELLP syndrome (hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, and low platelets): Much ado about nothing? The question of whether the HELLP syndrome exists as a distinct entity or is part of a spectrum of pregnancy complications, which have in common hemolysis,......
Learn about thrombocytopenia, a decreased number of platelets in the blood. There are many causes of thrombocytopenia such as decreased platelet production, increased platelet destruction or consumption, or increased splenic sequestration.
This type is the most common cause of low platelets when you're pregnant. It's not clear why pregnancy causes low platelet counts. It happens most often late in pregnancy. It usually goes away after birth. But if you've had gestational thrombocytopenia with one pregnancy, it may come back...
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BACKGROUND: Pre-eclampsia is a relatively common complication of pregnancy. HELLP (hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, low platelets) syndrome is a severe manifestation of pre-eclampsia with significant morbidity and mortality for pregnant women and their children. Corticosteroids are commonly used in the...
Acute fatty liver of pregnancy, hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, and low platelets syndrome, and long chain 3-hydroxyacyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase deficiency. Treem WR, Shoup ME, Hale DE et al.: Acute fatty liver of pregnancy, hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, and low platelets syndrome, ...
Reduced platelets in pregnancy can be due to medical conditions such as connective tissue disorders, viral infections, and hypersplenism. But the most notable of disorders is HELLP syndrome. This can result from the increase in blood pressure which is directly influenced by the course of pregnancy...