A 44-year-old female, gravida 2, para 1, abortus 1, presented to the emergency department with epigastric pain, vomiting and nosebleed at 36 weeks gestation. She had right upper quadrant tenderness and was hypertensive at 138/90 mmHg. Laboratory studies demonstrated decreased platelets of 122 k/mcL, Hb of 11.2 g/dL and RBC of 3.48 M/mcL, elevated AST of 371 U/L and ALT of 522 U/L, and proteinuria of 13 mg/dL.

Peripartum patient with epigastric pain / Ryan, Davinia; Cruciata, Giuseppe; Monti, Serena; Luigi Di Paolo, Pier; Mannelli, Lorenzo. - In: ANNALS OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE. - ISSN 0196-0644. - 70:3(2017), pp. 301-337. [10.1016/j.annemergmed.2017.03.002]

Peripartum patient with epigastric pain

Luigi Di Paolo, Pier;
2017

Abstract

A 44-year-old female, gravida 2, para 1, abortus 1, presented to the emergency department with epigastric pain, vomiting and nosebleed at 36 weeks gestation. She had right upper quadrant tenderness and was hypertensive at 138/90 mmHg. Laboratory studies demonstrated decreased platelets of 122 k/mcL, Hb of 11.2 g/dL and RBC of 3.48 M/mcL, elevated AST of 371 U/L and ALT of 522 U/L, and proteinuria of 13 mg/dL.
2017
Abdominal pain; adult; cesarean section; female; HELLP syndrome; humans; lacerations; liver diseases; magnetic resonance imaging; pregnancy; pregnancy complications; emergency medicine
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Peripartum patient with epigastric pain / Ryan, Davinia; Cruciata, Giuseppe; Monti, Serena; Luigi Di Paolo, Pier; Mannelli, Lorenzo. - In: ANNALS OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE. - ISSN 0196-0644. - 70:3(2017), pp. 301-337. [10.1016/j.annemergmed.2017.03.002]
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