Liver diseases unique to pregnancy

Pregnancy-related liver diseases.

Liver diseases related to pregnancy may be associated with preeclampsia (liver dysfunction related to preeclampsia; hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, and low platelets with or without preeclampsia [HELLP syndrome]; and acute fatty liver of pregnancy) or may not involve preeclampsia (hyperemesis gravidarum and intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy). Liver diseases associated with pregnancy have...

The Epidemiology of Liver Diseases Unique to Pregnancy in a US Community: A Population-Based Study.

BACKGROUND & AIMS Little is known in the United States about the epidemiology of liver diseases that develop only during (are unique to) pregnancy. We investigated the incidence of liver diseases unique to pregnancy in Olmsted County, Minnesota, and long-term maternal and fetal outcomes. METHODS We identified 247 women with liver diseases unique to pregnancy from 1996 through 2010 using the R...

Liver function and liver diseases during pregnancy.

Liver diseases during pregnancy comprise an important area of common interest for both perinatologists and internists. On the basis of my own practical experiences and from an extensive review of the literature which by necessity includes the presentation of at times contrasting views of unsatisfactorily resolved Problems, I am attempting to give a review of the current knowledge. In liver dise...

Pruritus in pregnancy: treatment of dermatoses unique to pregnancy.

QUESTION Some of my pregnant patients complain about pruritus. Are there conditions in pregnancy that present with pruritus that might put the mother or fetus at risk? ANSWER Although most cases of pruritus can be attributed to itchy dry skin, there are conditions unique to pregnancy that involve pruritus as a leading symptom. These include pemphigoid gestationis, pruritic urticarial papules ...

Acute fatty liver of pregnancy and the microvesicular fat diseases.