Acute fatty liver of pregnancy in a Taiwanese tertiary care center: A retrospective review

Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 156-159

  Lau, Hui Hsuan ^a   Chen, Yi Yung ^a   Huang, Jian Pei ^a   Chen, Chen Yu ^a   Su, Tsung Hsien ^b   Chen, Chie Pein ^a,b  

^a MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NURSING AND MANAGEMENT COLLEGE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acute fatty liver of pregnancy; Disseminated intravascular coagulation; Fetal death; Hypoglycemia; Renal failure

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN;

ABNORMAL LABORATORY RESULT; ACUTE DISEASE; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADULT; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BRAIN DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; FETUS OUTCOME; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; HYPERAMMONEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER FATTY DEGENERATION; LUNG EDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIMIGRAVIDA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TAIWAN; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TWIN PREGNANCY; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND HEMORRHAGE;

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; ADULT; APGAR SCORE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHOLESTEROL; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN; HUMANS; HYPERURICEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LIVE BIRTH; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STILLBIRTH; TAIWAN;

EID: 77955571265     PISSN: 10284559     EISSN: 10284559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1028-4559(10)60033-2     Document Type: Article

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