LATE ONSET POSTPARTUM ECLAMPSIA WITH HELLP SYNDROME & TYPE 1 RESPIRATORY FAILURE

Dr Neelu Khanna Suri, Dr Pawan Kumar Suri, Dr Puneet Singh Perhar, Dr Kanika Kinra

Abstract


Preeclampsia is defined as the new onset of hypertension and proteinuria after 20 weeks of gestation in a previously normotensive woman [1]. The occurrence of generalized convulsions in a woman with preeclampsia without an alternative identifiable cause is referred to eclampsia. Approximately one-half of all cases of eclampsia occur postpartum [2, 3]. For a long time eclampsia was thought to not occur later than 48 hours after delivery [4]. This opinion was modified due to the onset of postpartum eclampsia occurring more than 48 hours after the onset of the postpartum period in some patients [5, 6] We hereby present a similar case of gravid female with HELLP syndrome with right lower zone consolidation with type 1 respiratory failure


Keywords


Preeclampsia, hypertension, normotensive

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