Perioperative care of a patient with acute fatty liver of pregnancy. uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Acute fatty liver of pregnancy (AFLP) is a late gestational complication with biochemical similarities to the inherited disorders of mitochondrial fatty acid oxidation and clinical similarities to fulminant hepatic failure. The following case illustrates our perioperative management of this rarely encountered disorder.

publication date

  • May 1, 2001

Research

keywords

  • Cesarean Section
  • Fatty Liver
  • Pregnancy Complications

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0035032730

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1097/00000539-200105000-00036

PubMed ID

  • 11323360

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 92

issue

  • 5