Open AccessAcute liver failure in pregnancy: Causative and prognostic factors
Author(s) -
Shweta Sahai,
Ravi P. Kiran
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the saudi journal of gastroenterology/saudi journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-4049
pISSN - 1319-3767
DOI - 10.4103/1319-3767.151221
Subject(s) - medicine , jaundice , pregnancy , incidence (geometry) , observational study , hepatic encephalopathy , encephalopathy , hepatitis b , mortality rate , liver dysfunction , gastroenterology , obstetrics , hepatitis b virus , pediatrics , cirrhosis , immunology , virus , genetics , physics , optics , biology
Acute liver failure (ALF) in pregnancy is often associated with a poor prognosis. In this single-center observational study we aim to study the incidence, causes, and factors affecting mortality in pregnant women with ALF.