liver disease during pregnancy
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Etiology
- 1st & second trimesters
- viral hepatitis:
- most common cause of jaundice
- clinical course same as in non-pregnant state except for hepatitis E which has a mortality of 10% during pregnancy
- therapy is supportive
- drug-induced hepatotoxicity
- gallstones
- hyperemesis gravidarum* (1st trimester)[1]
- viral hepatitis:
- 3rd trimester
- all causes of liver disease during pregnancy can recur in in subsequent pregnancies[1]
* liver disease unique to pregnancy[1]
More general terms
More specific terms
- fatty liver of pregnancy
- HELLP syndrome
- hyperemesis gravidarum
- intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (obstetric cholestasis)
Additional terms
References
- ↑ Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 11, 14, 16, 17. American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 1998, 2006, 2012, 2015
- ↑ Pan C, Perumalswami PV. Pregnancy-related liver diseases. Clin Liver Dis. 2011 Feb;15(1):199-208 PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21112001
- ↑ Hay JE Liver disease in pregnancy. Hepatology. 2008 Mar;47(3):1067-76 PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18265410
- ↑ Bacak SJ, Thornburg LL. Liver Failure in Pregnancy. Crit Care Clin. 2016 Jan;32(1):61-72. Review. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26600444