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ArticleLife (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Prolongation of Pregnancy in Patients with HELLP Syndrome Using Methylprednisolone: A Retrospective Multicentric Analysis.

Anna Katharina Hosten, Jennifer Bonitz, Volker Thäle, Michael Tchirikov

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Article in Life (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Anna Katharina HostenDepartment of Obstetrics and Prenatal Medicine, Martin-Luther-University of Halle-Wittenberg, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-3107-4160
Jennifer BonitzDepartment of Paediatrics, Heinrich-Braun-Klinikum Zwickau, 08060 Zwickau, Germany.
Volker ThäleDepartment of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Helios Hospital Sangerhausen, 06526 Sangerhausen, Germany.
Michael TchirikovDepartment of Obstetrics and Prenatal Medicine, Martin-Luther-University of Halle-Wittenberg, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-7638-0730
Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundImmediate delivery is an established concept for preventing life-threatening complications in mothers with HELLP syndrome; however, it is associated with preterm births.

methodsCases of HELLP syndrome diagnosed at the university hospitals of Halle and Magdeburg (Germany) were analyzed retrospectively. Each patient of the treatment group was administered 64 mg of methylprednisolone (MP) intravenously for 10 days, with the dosage being reduced by 50% every other day in patients from Halle (n = 65). Almost immediate delivery was performed in the control groups (n = 45, Halle; n = 28, Magdeburg).

resultsPregnancies in the treatment group were prolonged by 4 days (median 1-55 days). The platelet counts increased from 76,060 ± 22,900/μL to 117,430 ± 39,065/μL in the MP group compared with an increase from 66,500 ± 25,852/μL to 83,430 ± 34,608/μL in control group 1 and from 78,890 ± 19,100/μL to 131,080 ± 50,900/µL in control group 2 (

conclusionsIn a selected collective of patients with HELLP syndrome, prolongation of pregnancy using MP treatment improved maternal and neonatal outcomes.

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corticosteroidsHELLP syndromemethylprednisolonepreeclampsiapregnancypreterm birthprolongation

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