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Case Reports
. 1996 Oct;1(4):276-7.

[A case of HELLP syndrome complicated by acute renal failure and acute respiratory failure]

[Article in Polish]
T Kaiser  1 , P S Berezowicz, W Duszyńska, A Kübler
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  • PMID: 9156945
Case Reports

[A case of HELLP syndrome complicated by acute renal failure and acute respiratory failure]

[Article in Polish]
T Kaiser et al. Pol Merkur Lekarski. 1996 Oct.

Abstract

We present a case of HELLP (haemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, low platelets) syndrome that developed post partum in 31 year old woman. It was initially misdiagnosed as acute cholecystitis. The disease was complicated with acute renal failure and acute respiratory failure. Admission to the intensive therapy unit became necessary; patient required haemodialysis and short lasting mechanical ventilation. The outcome of described case was nevertheless good.

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