Severe liver disease in pregnancy is rare. Pregnancy-related liver disease is the most
frequent cause of liver dysfunction in pregnancy and provides a real threat to fetal and …

Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection affects about 350 million individuals worldwide.
Management of HBV infection in pregnancy is difficult because of several peculiar and …

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 …

The trans jugular intrahepatic Porto systemic shunt (TIPS) is no longer viewed as a salvage
therapy or a bridge to liver transplantation and is currently indicated for a number of …

Liver diseases in pregnancy may be categorized into liver disorders that occur only in the
setting of pregnancy and liver diseases that occur coincidentally with pregnancy …

Liver disease in pregnancy may present as a disorder that is unique to pregnancy or as an
acute or chronic liver disease occurring coincidentally in pregnancy. Hepatic diseases that …

This review aimed to provide an update on the impact of pregnancy on the natural course of
hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and also on the impact of HBV infection on adverse …

Background: The outcomes of pregnancy in patients with cirrhosis are poorly described. Our
objective was to assess obstetric outcomes in cirrhotic women and their infants from a …

BACKGROUND & AIMS: Pregnancy is rare among patients with cirrhosis, and data about
complications and outcomes are sparse. We evaluated the utility of prognostic models of …

As the treatment of cirrhosis improves, pregnancy in patients with cirrhosis is likely to
become more common. Although maternal and fetal mortality is expected to similarly …