The Common Obstetric Problem In Our Intensive Care Unit: Hellp Syndrome (Analysis Of 15 Cases)

Hellp Syndrome (Hemolysis-Elevated Liver enzymes-Low Platelets)is characterized by hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes and low platelet count, and related with an increased with an increased foetal and maternal mortality. We aimed in this study to evaluate the morbidity and mortality of 15 Hellp syndrome patients who have been admitted to our intensive care unit, between 2005 and 2009 years retrospectively. Patients ICU admission indications, demographic, clinical and obstetric data was noted down; hemoglobin, serum albumin level, prothrombine time ve active partial thromboplastin time, fibrinogen level, thrombocyte number, total bilirubine ve creatinine levels, AST, ALT, lactate dehidroginase (LDH) levels were analysed. Intensive care unit(ICU)admission of Hellp sydrome patients were convulsion, loss of consciousness, airway control, invasive hemodinamic monitorisation, ARDS, intracerebral hemorrhage and respiration insufficiency During 4 day intensive care unit following of our patients, thrombocyte numbers began to increase from third day of admission. But this increament was statistically significant between admission day to ICU and fourth day. Again similarly AST, ALT, LDH, ürea ve creatinine levels began to decreased at third day and decreament was statistically significant as from fourth day(P