Open AccessAcute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy with Complicating Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation
Author(s) -
Laursen Benedicte,
Frost Lars,
Mortensen Jens Z.,
Hansen Kjeld B.,
Paulsen Stein M.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
acta obstetricia et gynecologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.401
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1600-0412
pISSN - 0001-6349
DOI - 10.3109/00016348309154210
Subject(s) - medicine , acute fatty liver of pregnancy , disseminated intravascular coagulation , pregnancy , coagulation , intensive care medicine , obstetrics , gestation , genetics , biology
. A description is given of acute fatty liver of pregnancy in a 26‐year‐old primigravida who survived. Complicating disseminated intravascular coagulation was diagnosed at parturition, and the importance of early diagnosis of this is emphasized. A suggestion for treatment is given as a possible means of improving the prognosis in this mostly fatal disease.