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...

INTRODUCTION During pregnancy, the human body undergoes several changes in the process of its adaptation to the growing fetus. Although these changes are physiological, there is potential for morbidity and mortality to both mother and fetus. Liver is the site of many important metabolic and synthetic functions of the body. In normal pregnancy, the liver is not palpable. Due to hemodilution, bio...

This study aimed to determine sleep quality and its socio-demographic predictors regarding three trimesters of pregnancy. This cross-sectional study was conducted on 605 pregnant women referred to health centers in Tabriz, Iran, using a two-stage cluster sampling method. Data were collected using socio-demographic characteristics questionnaire and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index. The mean±SD...

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...

Background: Iron deficiency anemia (IDA) during pregnancy is a common nutritional disorder with adverse effects for the baby, such as premature birth and low birth weight, and the mother, such as cardiovascular symptoms and reduced physical and mental strength. Therefore, identifying factors affective on IDA will assist the improvement of the health of the mother and fetus. This study aimed to ...

pregnancies. Pregnancy encompasses a wide variety of physiological changes with increased, decreased or unchanged parameters. Liver function abnormality can represent a physiological change, but elevations of transaminase, bilirubin, and prothrombin time almost always indicate a pathologic state. The major physiologic changes in pregnancy, that peak in second trimester and plateau at delivery, ...

Pregnancy is associated with altered liver function, particularly in serum enzymes. Anabolic steroids are responsible to some degree in mediating the physiologic and biochemical changes that occur during an uncomplicated pregnancy. However, several liver disorders are unique to pregnancy and include intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy, acute fatty liver of pregnancy, and hepatic dysfunction a...