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Ascites: A portent of cardiopulmonary complications in the preeclampsic patient with the syndrome of hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes and low platelets
1 Mar 1993
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OBJECTIVE: Maternal ascites is frequently found at cesarean delivery in patients with severe preeclampsia or eclampsia expressed as hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, and low platelets (HELLP syndrome). We attempted to determine whether large-volume maternal ascites present at cesarean delivery in HELLP syndrome patients is correlated with disease severity or with any specific form of increased maternal...
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