Acute hepatic failure in pregnancy

Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 2004 Feb 10;112(2):230-2. doi: 10.1016/s0301-2115(03)00364-6.

Abstract

Severe liver dysfunction in late pregnancy is an unusual but dramatic event because it can progress very rapidly to fulminating disease and also because two lives, that of the mother and foetus, are involved. We report a descriptive study of a pregnant woman presenting with severe liver dysfunction.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Hepatitis B, Chronic / complications*
  • Hepatitis B, Chronic / diagnosis
  • Hepatitis B, Chronic / drug therapy
  • Humans
  • Liver Failure, Acute / complications
  • Liver Failure, Acute / diagnosis*
  • Liver Failure, Acute / surgery
  • Liver Function Tests
  • Liver Transplantation / methods*
  • Postpartum Period
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / diagnosis*
  • Pregnancy Outcome*
  • Pregnancy Trimester, Third
  • Risk Assessment
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Treatment Outcome