Acute hepatic decompensation precipitated by pregnancy-related catabolic stress: A rare mimic of acute liver failure

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 123, Issue 2 PART 2, 2014, Pages 480-483

  Sinclair, Marie ^a   Ket, Shara ^a   Testro, Adam ^a   Gow, Paul J ^a   Angus, Peter W ^a  

^a Liver Transplant Unit Victoria   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITRULLINEMIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALCOHOL; AMMONIA; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; ARGININE; CEFALEXIN; CITRULLINE; CREATININE; CYCLOSPORIN; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMINE; OROTIC ACID; PARACETAMOL; PREDNISONE; PROMETHAZINE; UREA;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE LIVER FAILURE; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATABOLIC STRESS; CITRULLINEMIA; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DECOMPENSATED LIVER CIRRHOSIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ECZEMA; FEMALE; FLAPPING TREMOR; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPEREMESIS GRAVIDARUM; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER HISTOLOGY; MEDICAL HISTORY; METABOLIC STRESS; NAUSEA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTAKE; PROTEIN RESTRICTION; REHYDRATION; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; VOMITING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84895071653     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.000000000000005     Document Type: Note

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