ALLMedicine™ Acute Fatty Liver Of Pregnancy Center

Mar 15th, 2023 - To assess the prevalence, risk factors, clinical characteristics of Acute fatty liver of pregnancy (AFLP) patients, and outcomes of AFLP patients treated with plasma exchange (PE). We retrospectively reviewed the AFLP patients admitted to the Firs...

Mar 9th, 2023 - Practice Essentials Acute fatty liver of pregnancy (AFLP) is a serious complication unique to pregnancy first described by Sheehan in 1940. [1] It is characterized by microvesicular steatosis in the liver. The foremost cause of AFLP is thought to ...

Mar 9th, 2023 - History Clinical presentation of acute fatty liver of pregnancy (AFLP) is nonspecific, and the patient can present with the following complaints: Malaise Nausea and vomiting (70%); this may present for the first time in the third trimester Right u...

Mar 9th, 2023 - Laboratory Studies The following laboratory studies can be evaluated to help make the diagnosis of acute fatty liver of pregnancy (AFLP). Aspartate transaminase (AST) and alanine transaminase (ALT) are not elevated in normal pregnancies. These can...

Mar 9th, 2023 - Medical Care Delivery of the fetus, regardless of gestational age, is the only treatment for acute fatty liver of pregnancy (AFLP) once the diagnosis has been made. Ending the pregnancy by delivery of the infant invariably results in resolution of...

Jan 19th, 2023 - Many physiological, anatomical, and hormonal changes occur in the body during pregnancy to facilitate the best possible growth of the fetus. A functional liver and bile acids (BA) milieu are critical for the development of the fetus, and adverse p...

Sep 2nd, 2021 - Introduction: ICP is commolnly manifested in the 2nd and especially in the 3rd trimester of pregnancy. Pathogenesis of ICP is multifactorial implicating genetic, environmental and hormonologic factors. Prevalence of ICP varies. In certain populati...

Jun 2nd, 2020 - Introduction Maternal mortality is an important indicator of a country level of development. Maternal death is considered as a death in pregnancy at any gestational age or up to 42 days postpartum, either by direct or indirect causes. The United N...

Mar 27th, 2020 - The objectives of the study are as follows: Primary Objective: To determine the characteristic physiological and biological changes exhibited by females who develop the following liver diseases during pregnancy. Acute fatty liver of pregnancy Seve...

Aug 11th, 2017 - When TTP/HUS does occur during pregnancy, they often are confused initially with obstetric diagnoses such as severe preeclampsia; hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes and low platelets (HELLP) syndrome; acute fatty liver of pregnancy; eclampsia, and ...

Sep 15th, 2017 - New Guidelines, New Diseases to Consider A recent guideline from the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG)[1] on the evaluation and management of liver disease occurring during pregnancy prompted me to reconsider a previous article of mine, L...

Sep 15th, 2017 - New Guidelines, New Diseases to Consider A recent guideline from the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG)[1] on the evaluation and management of liver disease occurring during pregnancy prompted me to reconsider a previous article of mine, L...

Apr 24th, 2017 - Q2: Answer: B Objective: Diagnose HELLP syndrome Rationale: This patient’s presentation and laboratory findings are consistent with HELLP syndrome – the syndrome of hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, and low platelets. HELLP is on the preeclampsia.

Apr 8th, 2013 - Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy Acute fatty liver of pregnancy is a cause of acute liver failure that can develop in the late second or third trimester. It occurs in approximately 1 in 16,000-20,000 pregnancies.[43] Maternal mortality is up to 20%,...

Feb 1st, 2013 - A 39-year-old black woman, gravida 1, para 0, with an intrauterine pregnancy of 34 weeks and three days (according to last menstrual period and nine-week ultrasound) presented to her Ob-Gyn office for a routine prenatal visit. She was found to hav.