oBJECtivE: To describe the clinical and epidemiologic characteristics, and maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality caused by HELLP syndrome. dESign: Descriptive retrospective study. Setting: Edgardo Rebagliati Martins National Hospital, Rebagliati Health Network, EsSalud, Lima, Peru, a teaching hospital. Participants: Pregnant women with HELLP syndrome and their perinates. Interventions: We studied all HELLP syndrome cases attended from January 1, 1998 through December 31, 2002. Data was processed with Excel, MS Word programs and for statistical analysis we used SPSS for Windows software, version 10,7. main outcome measureS: Prevalence, characteristics, maternal and perinatal complications due to HELLP syndrome. Rsults: We had 67 cases of HELLP syndrome during the period studied with prevalence of 0,16/1 000 births. Incidence among preeclamptic women was 3,9% and 10% among women w...

oBJECtivE: To describe the clinical and epidemiologic characteristics, and maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality caused by HELLP syndrome. dESign: Descriptive retrospective study. Setting: Edgardo Rebagliati Martins National Hospital, Rebagliati Health Network, EsSalud, Lima, Peru, a teaching hospital. Participants: Pregnant women with HELLP syndrome and their perinates. Interventions: We studied all HELLP syndrome cases attended from January 1, 1998 through December 31, 2002. Data was processed with Excel, MS Word programs and for statistical analysis we used SPSS for Windows software, version 10,7. main outcome measureS: Prevalence, characteristics, maternal and perinatal complications due to HELLP syndrome. Rsults: We had 67 cases of HELLP syndrome during the period studied with prevalence of 0,16/1 000 births. Incidence among preeclamptic women was 3,9% and 10% among women w...

Objectives: To determine extrabadominal intestinal loop dilation  and wall thickness as predictors of adverse perinatal outcomes in fetuses with gastroschisis. Design: Retrospective, observational, analytical correlation study. Setting: Fetal Surveillance Unit, Edgardo Rebagliati Martins National Hospital, EsSalud, Lima, Peru. Participants: Pregnant women with prenatal diagnosis of fetal gastroschisis. Interventions: We determined all patients with gastroschisis diagnosis from January 2008 through December 2010. Presence or absence of bowel dilatation and edema and postnatal intestinal outcome up to 6 months from birth were registered and compared with perinatal morbidity and mortality of babies without those alterations. Main outcome measures: Bowel dilation and wall edema by ultrasound. Results: According to the Registry of Fetal Surveillance Unit 19 cases of gastroschisis were found....

Objetivos: Evaluar la dilatación del asa intestinal extrabadominal y el grosor de su pared como predictores de resultados perinatales adversos en fetos con gastrosquisis aislada. Diseño: Estudio retrospectivo, observacional, analítico correlacional. Institución: Unidad de Vigilancia Fetal, Hospital Nacional Edgardo Rebagliati Martins, EsSalud, Lima, Perú. Participantes: Gestantes con diagnóstico de gastrosquisis fetal. Intervenciones: Se evaluó todos los casos de pacientes con diagnóstico prenatal de gastrosquisis atendidas entre enero 2008 y diciembre 2010. Se consignó si tenían presencia o no de dilatación intestinal y si presentaban edema de pared, comparándose la morbimortalidad perinatal y la evolución intestinal posnatal, hasta los seis meses de vida. Principales medidas de resultados: Dilatación intestinal y edema de pared por ecografía. Resultados: Durante el perio...

Objectives: To determine extrabadominal intestinal loop dilation  and wall thickness as predictors of adverse perinatal outcomes in fetuses with gastroschisis. Design: Retrospective, observational, analytical correlation study. Setting: Fetal Surveillance Unit, Edgardo Rebagliati Martins National Hospital, EsSalud, Lima, Peru. Participants: Pregnant women with prenatal diagnosis of fetal gastroschisis. Interventions: We determined all patients with gastroschisis diagnosis from January 2008 through December 2010. Presence or absence of bowel dilatation and edema and postnatal intestinal outcome up to 6 months from birth were registered and compared with perinatal morbidity and mortality of babies without those alterations. Main outcome measures: Bowel dilation and wall edema by ultrasound. Results: According to the Registry of Fetal Surveillance Unit 19 cases of gastroschisis were found....