AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE

Introduction: HELLP (hemolysis, elevated liver enzyme levels, low platelet counts)-syndrome is a rare but dramatic pregnancy-related illness. The difficult part of this syndrome is the lack of standardised diagnostic criterias and tests to be used to predict it. The aim of this study is determining the role of APRI score in the diagnosis of HELLP syndrome. Material and methods: In this cross sectional, retrospective study, patients with HELLP syndrome as case group and age-matched healthy pregnants at the similar pregnancy trimester as control group were included between January 12,017 and May 31, 2018. Data including sex, age, laboratory values, prognosis were recorded from the computerized system of the hospital. The p-value