EPIDEMIOLOGICAL AND OBSTETRIC PROFILE OF PREGNANT WOMEN WITH HELLP SYNDROME

Authors

  • Inez Sampaio Nery
  • Liliana Soares Viana
  • Lívia Maria Mello Viana
  • Telma Maria Evangelista Araújo
  • Verbênia Cipriano Feitosa
  • Virgínia Félix Pereira

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v19i1.35973

Keywords:

Epidemiology, HELLP Syndrome, Pregnant women.

Abstract

This descriptive epidemiological study, with a quantitative approach, aimed to characterize the pregnant women
with HELLP Syndrome regarding socio-demographic and obstetric data, and to ascertain the number of cases of this pathology.
The population was constituted by 14 pregnant women diagnosed with HELLP Syndrome, confirmed by laboratory tests
and clinical evaluation, and attended in an intensive care unit in the period January 2010 to December 2012. Data collection
occurred in 2013, consulting the hospital records, using a form with socio-demographic and obstetric variables. The results
evidenced that 64.3% of the pregnant women were aged over 26 years old; 92.9% were of mixed European, African and
Indigenous ancestry; 64.3% did not undertake prenatal check-ups; and 78.6% had no history of complications in previous
pregnancies. The results indicate data similar to that of other studies on the epidemiological profile of HELLP Syndrome,
and serves as a warning regarding the shortage of information in the patient records.
 

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Published

2014-03-31

How to Cite

Nery, I. S., Viana, L. S., Viana, L. M. M., Araújo, T. M. E., Feitosa, V. C., & Pereira, V. F. (2014). EPIDEMIOLOGICAL AND OBSTETRIC PROFILE OF PREGNANT WOMEN WITH HELLP SYNDROME. Cogitare Enfermagem, 19(1). https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v19i1.35973

Issue

Vol. 19 No. 1 (2014)

Section

Research

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