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Preeclampsia: Lab abnormalities
Last updated: 03/06/2015
- Proteinuria of:
- >300 mg/24 h (mild preeclampsia)
- >5 g/24 h (severe preeclampsia)
- Urine dipstick >1+
- Protein/creatinine ratio >0.3
- Serum uric acid >5.6 mg/dL
- Serum creatinine >1.2 mg/dL
- Low platelets/coagulopathy
- Platelet count <100,000/mm3
- Elevated PT or aPTT
- Decreased fibrinogen
- Increased d-dimer
HELLP syndrome – a variant of severe preeclampsia and defined by the following:
- Hemolysis
- Abnormal peripheral smear
- Indirect bilirubin >1.2 mg/dL
- Lactate dehydrogenase >600 U/L
- Elevated Liver enzymes Serum AST >70 U/L
- Low Platelets count <100,000/mm
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