Perioperative care of a patient with acute fatty liver of pregnancy.
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.
Holzman
R S
RS
Department of Anesthesia, Newton Wellesley Hospital, Newton, MA, USA. holzman@a1.tch.harvard.edu
Riley
L E
LE
Aron
E
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Fetherston
J
J
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*