Consultation for liver disease in pregnant women is a common and oftentimes vexing
clinical consultation for the gastroenterologist. The challenge lies in the need to consider the …

Background Hepatic dysfunction during pregnancy places both the mother and the fetus at
risk. Investigations which are efficient, cost effective and easily available for prognostication …

Objectives: To study the incidence, presentation, and outcome of patients with severe liver
disease in an urban Indian population. Method: 26 patients with severe liver disease were …

Background and Aims Acute liver failure (ALF), characterized by sudden onset of
coagulopathy (international normalized ratio [INR]≥ 1.5) and encephalopathy, may occur …

Guidelines for clinical practice are intended to suggest preferable approaches to particular
medical problems as established by interpretation and collation of scientifically valid …

Cirrhosis and portal hypertension infrequently coincide with pregnancy but increase
maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality when present. Chronic liver disease and portal …

Preeclampsia-induced liver disease is a disorder unique to pregnancy and is frequently
seen in the third trimester. Severe preeclampsia is defined by extreme elevation in systemic …

Acute fatty liver of pregnancy (AFLP) and hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, and low
platelets (HELLP) syndrome are both associated with significant maternal and perinatal …

Although liver dysfunction is infrequently seen in pregnancy, it can result in severe maternal
and fetal compromise. An unrecognized case of acute fatty liver may result in both maternal …

Pregnancy-related liver diseases are complex in presentation and oftentimes confusing to
clinicians., leading to misdiagnoses and unwarranted or delayed therapies. The exact …