Factors Affecting ICU Stay and Length of Stay in the ICU in Patients with HELLP Syndrome in a Tertiary Referral Hospital

Table 1

Evaluation of demographic and laboratory findings in the patients with HELLP syndrome.

		n	Percent (%)
Parity	Nulliparous	168	49.1
	Multiparous	174	50.9
Gestational age at delivery (week)	0–22	18	5.3
	23–27	56	16.3
	28–36	210	61.4
	37–40	58	17
Mode of delivery	Normal vaginal delivery	56	16.3
	Cesarean section	286	83.7
Hypertension	Yes	307	89.8
	No	35	10.2
Thrombocytopenia	Yes	295	86.3
	No	47	13.7
Anemia	Yes	50	14.6
	No	292	85.4
Proteinuria	+1 (75 mg)	98	28.6
	+2 (150 mg)	160	46.7
	+3 (500 mg)	49	14.3
	No	35	10.2
Mississippi classification	Class 1	50	14.6
	Class 2	164	48.0
	Class 3	128	37.4
Maternal complication	ARF	8	2.3
	GIB	1	0.3
	PRESS	10	2.9
	DIC	4	1.1
	Sepsis	2	0.6
	Postpartum cardiomyopathy	1	0.3
	SAB	2	0.6
	Total	28	8.1
Blood transfusion	Yes	93	27.2
	No	249	72.8
Type of blood transfusion	Fresh frozen plasma (cc)	43	24.3
	Erythrocyte suspension (cc)	59	33.3
	Random suspension (cc)	18	10.2
	Apheresis platelet suspension (cc)	57	32.2
Dexamethasone treatment	Yes	252	73.6
	No	90	26.4
Reason of relaparotomy	Intraabdominal major bleeding	2	0.6
Postpartum HELLP	Yes	84	24.6
	No	258	75.4
Place of birth	Delivery outside of the center	65	19
	Delivery in the center	277	81
Multiple pregnancy	Yes	10	2.9
	No	342	97.1
Maternal mortality	Yes	2	0.6
	No	340	99.4
Newborn mortality	Yes	18	5.2
	No	324	94.8

Data are presented as percent. ARF: acute renal failure, GIB: gastrointestinal bleeding, PRESS: posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome, DIC: disseminated intravascular coagulation, SAB: subarachnoid bleeding.