Corticosteroids for HELLP (hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, low platelets) syndrome in pregnancy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pre-eclampsia is a relatively common complication of pregnancy. HELLP (hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, low platelets) syndrome is a severe manifestation of pre-eclampsia with significant morbidity and mortality for pregnant women and their children. Corticosteroids are commonly used in the treatment of HELLP syndrome in the belief that they improve outcomes.

Objectives

To determine the effects of corticosteroids on women with HELLP syndrome and their children.

Search strategy

We searched the Cochrane Pregnancy and Childbirth Group's Trials Register (30 June 2010).

Selection criteria

Randomized controlled trials comparing any corticosteroid with placebo, no treatment, or other drug; or comparing one corticosteroid with another corticosteroid or dos

SUBMITTER: Woudstra DM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4171033 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature