Características del síndrome hellp en gestantes con preeclampsia severa y eclampsia atendidas en Hospital “José Carrasco Arteaga”, julio 2015 – junio 2020

Abstract

BACKGROUND: HELLP syndrome is characterized by hemolysis (H), elevated liver enzymes (EL) and low platelet count (LP), in pregnancy or postpartum (until 7 days postpartum) (1–3). It could have complications for the pregnant as the fetus, there is its study`s importance (4). GENERAL OBJECTIVE: To determine the characteristics of HELLP syndrome in pregnant women with diagnosis of Severe Preeclampsia and Eclampsia, treated in “José Carrasco Arteaga” Hospital, during July 2015 – June 2020. METHODOLOGY: A descriptive, retrospective and quantitative study was carried out, with 299 pregnant women, mostly with Severe Preeclampsia; treated from July 2015 to June 2020. After collection, the data were entered into a database designed in Excel. And subsequently, they were analyzed by the IBM SPSS software. RESULTS: The prevalence of HELLP Syndrome was 11.4%, the mean age was 27 years, overweight (41.2%) and obesity (26.5%). All pregnancies were with a single fetus, and ended by caesarean section; the mean gestational age was 28.5 SG, mostly between 27 and 36.6 SG (61.8%). According to the Mississippi System; Class 2 (47.1%) was the most frequent, followed by Class 3 (35.5%) and finally, Class 1 (17.6%). CONCLUSION: HELLP Syndrome is frequent in pregnant women with Severe Preeclampsia.