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Long-term renal function after HELLP syndrome.

Abstract
This study was set up to determine the long-term (5 or more years) renal function after HELLP (hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, and low platelets) syndrome during pregnancy and to answer the question whether long-term renal follow-up is necessary. Women with HELLP syndrome were compared with healthy control subjects who delivered their first child during the same period. There was no difference between groups for body mass index, serum and urinary creatinine levels, creatinine clearance, total urinary protein/creatinine ratio, and urinary microalbumin/creatinine ratio. Women who previously had HELLP syndrome had significantly higher diastolic and systolic blood pressures. Women with HELLP syndrome do not need continued renal follow-up, but have higher systolic and diastolic blood pressures, even 5 years after HELLP syndrome.
AuthorsYves Jacquemyn, Lisbeth Jochems, Evelien Duiker, Jean-Louis Bosmans, Viviane Van Hoof, Christel Van Campenhout
JournalGynecologic and obstetric investigation (Gynecol Obstet Invest) Vol. 57 Issue 2 Pg. 117-20 ( 2004) ISSN: 0378-7346 [Print] Switzerland
PMID14707475 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
CopyrightCopyright 2004 S. Karger AG, Basel
Chemical References
  • Creatinine
Topics
  • Acute Kidney Injury (etiology)
  • Adult
  • Albuminuria (urine)
  • Blood Pressure
  • Body Mass Index
  • Case-Control Studies
  • Creatinine (blood, urine)
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • HELLP Syndrome (complications, physiopathology)
  • Humans
  • Hypertension (etiology)
  • Kidney (physiopathology)
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Outcome
  • Proteinuria (urine)
  • Time Factors

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