HELLP Syndrome and COVID-19; association or accident: A case series
Partial Hemolysis, elevation of liver enzymes and low platelet count (HELLP) syndrome is a leading cause of maternal mortality. With the exceeding spread of COVID-19, leading to increasing number of COVID-19 infected cases there has been a emergence of an overlap of COVID-19 with HELLP Syndrome. Mul...
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| author | Sparsh Madaan Dhruv Talwar Sunil Kumar Arpita Jaiswal Neema Acharya Sourya Acharya |
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| description | Partial Hemolysis, elevation of liver enzymes and low platelet count (HELLP) syndrome is a leading cause of maternal mortality. With the exceeding spread of COVID-19, leading to increasing number of COVID-19 infected cases there has been a emergence of an overlap of COVID-19 with HELLP Syndrome. Multiple factors are associated with the thrombocytopenia witnessed in COVID-19 somewhat similar to what is witnessed in preeclampsia and HELLP Syndrome. We Describe a case series of two ante natal cases who presented with a picture of HELLP syndrome and upon investigations turned out to be COVID-19 thus trying to establish an association between the two. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fce977f524524c43842a767249cb65912022-12-21T20:04:09ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Family Medicine and Primary Care2249-48632022-01-0111280280610.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1136_21HELLP Syndrome and COVID-19; association or accident: A case seriesSparsh MadaanDhruv TalwarSunil KumarArpita JaiswalNeema AcharyaSourya AcharyaPartial Hemolysis, elevation of liver enzymes and low platelet count (HELLP) syndrome is a leading cause of maternal mortality. With the exceeding spread of COVID-19, leading to increasing number of COVID-19 infected cases there has been a emergence of an overlap of COVID-19 with HELLP Syndrome. Multiple factors are associated with the thrombocytopenia witnessed in COVID-19 somewhat similar to what is witnessed in preeclampsia and HELLP Syndrome. We Describe a case series of two ante natal cases who presented with a picture of HELLP syndrome and upon investigations turned out to be COVID-19 thus trying to establish an association between the two.http://www.jfmpc.com/article.asp?issn=2249-4863;year=2022;volume=11;issue=2;spage=802;epage=806;aulast=Madaancovid-19hellp syndromethrombocytopenia |
| spellingShingle | Sparsh Madaan Dhruv Talwar Sunil Kumar Arpita Jaiswal Neema Acharya Sourya Acharya HELLP Syndrome and COVID-19; association or accident: A case series Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care covid-19 hellp syndrome thrombocytopenia |
| title | HELLP Syndrome and COVID-19; association or accident: A case series |
| title_full | HELLP Syndrome and COVID-19; association or accident: A case series |
| title_fullStr | HELLP Syndrome and COVID-19; association or accident: A case series |
| title_full_unstemmed | HELLP Syndrome and COVID-19; association or accident: A case series |
| title_short | HELLP Syndrome and COVID-19; association or accident: A case series |
| title_sort | hellp syndrome and covid 19 association or accident a case series |
| topic | covid-19 hellp syndrome thrombocytopenia |
| url | http://www.jfmpc.com/article.asp?issn=2249-4863;year=2022;volume=11;issue=2;spage=802;epage=806;aulast=Madaan |
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