Evidence map›Paper›PMID 38784193›Full record

ArticleObstetric medicine2024

Catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome after pregnancy complicated by hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes and low platelets syndrome.

Aashna Saini, Gianna Wilkie, Tina Dumont

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Obstetric medicine, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Aashna SainiDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School/UMass Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, MA, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2747-2513
Gianna WilkieDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School/UMass Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, MA, USA.
Tina DumontDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School/UMass Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, MA, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Antiphospholipid syndrome (APLS) is rarely complicated by catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome (CAPS). Peripartum CAPS is rarer still and can masquerade as other obstetric disorders. A high degree of suspicion is critical for early diagnosis and specific management given the significant morbidity and mortality associated with this disorder. Case: We report a case of a 27-year-old at 22 week's gestation with a history of APLS found to have severe hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes and low platelets (HELLP) syndrome, resulting in termination of pregnancy. Further workup revealed the diagnosis of CAPS followed by prompt treatment with triple therapy leading to clinical improvement. Conclusion: CAPS should be considered within the differential in an obstetric patient with a history of APLS who has evidence of multiorgan involvement with macro- or microvascular thrombosis. Although this may mimic alternative disorders, prompt diagnosis is imperative for appropriate therapy and reduction in maternal morbidity and mortality.

Indexed as

antiphospholipid syndrome (APLS)catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome (CAPS)hemolysis elevated liver low platelet syndrome (HELLP)Pregnancy

Identifiers

PMID38784193
PMCPMC11110754

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.