Acute fatty liver of pregnancy: Diagnosis, treatment, and outcome based on 35 consecutive cases

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1143-1146

  Vigil De Gracia, Paulino ^a   Montufar Rueda, Carlos ^a  

^a Critical Care Unit   (Panama)

Author keywords

HELLP syndrome; maternal death; Preeclampsia

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE FATTY LIVER OF PREGNANCY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BRAIN DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GINGIVA BLEEDING; HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; JAUNDICE; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LUNG EDEMA; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTIPARA; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NULLIPARA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERINATAL DEATH; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SEROMA;

ADULT; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HELLP SYNDROME; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052751176     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2010.531325     Document Type: Article

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