Noha Abd El-Sattar
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
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Research
Correlation of clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients admitted to obstetric ICU with micro-angiopathic haemolytic anaemia (MAHA): A 5-year retrospective analysis
Author(s): Noha Abd El-Sattar*, Heba Abd El Karim, Shereif Abdel Hameed and Mohamed Hamed
Aim: The purpose of this study was to review all obstetric patients admitted to ICU in Ain Shams University Maternity Hospital over 5-years period due to thrombotic microangiopathies (SPET, HELLP, HUS, AFLP, TTP), thereby to analyze the frequency, clinical characteristics, interventions, treatment, and maternal and neonatal outcomes Patients and methods: We reviewed medical charts of above-mentioned patients. Results: The patients’ age was 30.22 ± 6.24 years, with parity of 3.3±1.16. Most were admitted at postpartum period, and ICU stay was 2.8 ± 1.64 days. Hypertension (24%) and DM (16%) were the most common co-morbidities. The neonatal weight was 2.35 ± 0.82, and the incidence of IUGR was 2.7%. Neonatal weight from AFLP was significantly low. Maternal death occurred in 28 (4.7%) .. Read More»