title: Perioperative care of a patient with acute fatty liver of pregnancy.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia, Newton Wellesley Hospital, Newton, MA, USA. holzman@a1.tch.harvard.edu
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Holzman
authors.forename: L E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Riley
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Aron
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fetherston
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000768:Anesthesia, General; D000773:Anesthesia, Obstetrical; D002585:Cesarean Section; D005234:Fatty Liver / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*