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If you have hellp syndrome, will pt & ptt be normal or prolonged?

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Labor and HELLP: Pt and PTT are rarely elevated until there is considerable liver damage. Low platelets and elevated ast and alt are far more common.

Answered 6/10/2014

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Dr. Nikolaos Zacharias answered

Specializes in Maternal-Fetal Medicine

Normal usually.: Unless your liver has completely shut down (fulminant liver failure with or without liver capsule hematoma) and/or your placenta has abrupted, your coagulation tests aptt/pt/inr should remain normal. Your platelet count and bleeding time may be increased though. Expert care and prompt dleivery are warranted regardless of gestational age.

Answered 12/9/2013

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