Prevalencia del síndrome de Hellp como complicación de preeclampsia severa en pacientes de entre 16 a 48 años atendidas en el Hospital Teodoro Maldonado Carbo entre el período 2022-2023.

Abstract

Introduction: HELLP syndrome is a severe complication of preeclampsia, characterized by hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes and low platelet count/thrombocytopenia. Objectives: To determine the prevalence of HELLP syndrome in pregnant patients aged 16 to 48 years with severe preeclampsia. Methodology: The research design was non-experimental, descriptive, quantitative, prospective, cross-sectional; 470 pregnant patients with a diagnosis of severe preeclampsia were taken as the population, of which 61 patients presented HELLP syndrome between 2022 and 2023, being 61 the total number of patients meeting the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Results: The most frequent age group of pregnant women in our study with hellp syndrome as a complication of severe preeclampsia, 30 to 48 years, being precisely this range the most frequent with hellp syndrome in our study (60.66% n=37), while the other two mentioned were 21 to 30 years (32% n=20) and 15 - 20 years (6.56% n=4).