Liver disease that occurs during pregnancy can present a challenge for health care providers. Certain liver diseases are uniquely associated with pregnancy, whereas others are unrelated.
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[1] On average, the disease presents during the 35th or 36th week of pregnancy. [5] The usual... [22] Epidemiology [edit] Acute fatty liver of pregnancy is a rare condition and occurs in...
of disease, it is important to accurately diagnose the condition early, ideally prior to pregnancy, and initiate management... Increased liver enzymes Pulmonary edema New or persistent...
Acute fatty liver of pregnancy and Reye's syndrome are examples of severe liver disease caused by microvesicular fatty change.[19] The diagnosis of steatosis is made when fat in the liver...
Please cite this paper as: Page L, Girling J. A novel cause for abnormal liver function tests in pregnancy and the puerperium: non‐alcoholic fatty liver disease. BJOG 2011;118:1532-1535.Non‐alcohol...
Consultation for liver disease in pregnant women is a common and oftentimes vexing clinical consulta
Liver disease in pregnant patients often causes concern. This chapter covers both acute liver pathologies that occur in pregnancy, and pregnancy in mothers with chronic liver disease, focusing on p...
Hepatic dysfunction occurs in 3–5% pregnant women. It may be coincidental to the pregnancy or, more commonly, due to one of the five liver diseases unique to pregnancy: hyperemesis gravidarum in th...
Keywords: liver disease, gastrointestinal disease, pregnancy, acute fatty liver of pregnancy, hyperemesis gravidarum, viral hepatitis, pre-eclampsia, cholestasis, inflammatory bowel disease, Crohn’s disease, Collection: Oxford Medicine Online