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F M S Basama

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Case report: post partum class 1 HELLP syndrome.

The objective of this case report is to highlight the lack of screening tests that is capable of predicting HELLP syndrome before its occurrence. The patient developed severe pre-eclamptic toxaemia at 34+ weeks gestation. The foetus was growth retarded. The patient received anti-hypertensive therapy and was delivered by an emergency caesarean section. The patient developed post partum HELLP syndrome that required supportive treatment and renal haemodialysis; nevertheless, the patient fully recovered.

Acute Kidney Injury↗

Audit: women's perception and knowledge of the 20 weeks anomaly scan.

We surveyed 385 women attending two maternity units for an anomaly scan at 20 weeks' gestation. Ninety-five per cent of the women thought that the purpose of the anomaly scan was to check for structural abnormalities in the fetus, indicating good knowledge. Most women thought the anomaly scan would pick up spinal, limb and kidney abnormalities. There was high expectation of what structural abnormalities the anomaly scan could pick up; 22% and 51% of the women thought the scan would pick up 61-70% and 71-100% of the structural abnormalities, respectively. Only 8% of the women thought, realistically, that the anomaly scan would pick up 50% of the abnormalities. The women's knowledge of soft markers was poor; 92% of them never heard of it. The main source of information about the anomaly scan was the hospital.

Adult↗