aim : the aim of this study was to review our experience with gestations in autoimmune hepatitis patients. background : there are only limited data describing pregnancy in patients with autoimmune hepatitis. patients and methods : retrospective analysis of pregnancies with autoimmune hepatitis followed in centro hospitalar do porto, portugal in the last ten years. results : we reported nine pre...

INTRODUCTION Abnormal liver function tests (LFTs) in pregnancy require proper interpretation in order to avoid pitfalls in the diagnosis. The underlying disorder can have a significant effect on the outcome of both mother and foetus. The present study was done with the objective to study the clinical profile, incidence and possible causes of derangements of liver function tests. MATERIAL AND ...

Acute fatty liver of pregnancy is an uncommon, potentially fatal disorder that usually occurs in the third trimester of pregnancy or in the early post partum. We present here a 30-year-old Nigerian primigravida with acute fatty liver of pregnancy. She was successfully managed and discharged.

Early interpretation of liver function tests (LFTs) can result in timely management and it may decrease the incidence complications both mother foetus. Normal LFTs don't always imply a normal liver. A number drawbacks occur when interpreting basic blood LFTs. Abnormal Liver Function Tests pregnancy must be properly interpreted to avoid diagnostic pitfalls. we did routine testing 498 asymptomati...

Wilson's disease is a rare autosomal recessive disorder of copper metabolism. It causes cirrhosis of the liver, consequently followed by disorder of the menstrual cycle and infertility. Successful decopperizing may lead to restoration of the ovulatory cycle and enable pregnancy. Increased copper levels may cause preeclampsia, intrauterine growth restriction and neurologic damages in the fetus. ...

ôbjective: the mood disorder questionnaire (mdq) has been developed as a self-reporting, brief, and easy-to-use screening instrument to improve identification of bipolar mood disorders. the goals of the present study were to examine the prevalence of this disorder and interrelationship of its symptoms by factor analysis of mdq in a group of pregnant women in ïran. methods: ône thousand and eigh...

acute fatty liver of pregnancy (aflp) is a rare entity and a potentially fatal disorder. it is reported to be more common in multiple than singleton pregnancies. sometimes it coincides with preeclampsia but the exact etiology is not yet understood. a 31-year-old g2 p1 patient admitted at 33 weeks of pregnancy with signs and symptoms of jaundice, gastroenteritis, hypertension, malaise, urinary i...

The third trimester of pregnancy has several unique disease entities that challenge the anesthetist. Acute fatty liver of pregnancy (AFLP) is an increasingly recognized metabolic disorder found late in pregnancy. Current research estimates the incidence of AFLP at 1 per 6,659 births. Improved maternal morbidity and mortality is credited to early recognition and termination of the pregnancy. The...

Pregnancy generates particular circumstances for all co-existent conditions. Associating pregnancy with liver diseases has distinct particularities. The authors will perform a presentation of the etiopathogenic, diagnosis and therapeutic conduct particularities regarding the association between pregnancy, chronic liver diseases and mental disorders. The three pathological entities are analyzed ...