title: Acute fatty liver of pregnancy.
abstract: Acute fatty liver of pregnancy can produce a great variety of complications. Of these, infections are important. We describe two cases, one of them complicated with uterine sepsis. Both gave evidence of the necessity for multidisciplinary treatment, which reduces the maternal-fetal morbidity and mortality produced by this disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Toro Ortiz
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Cerqueira Dapena
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Porta Pampalona
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tenorio López
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cabero Roura
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D003015:Clostridium Infections / Q000209:etiology; D004716:Endometritis / Q000209:etiology; D005234:Fatty Liver / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D017093:Liver Failure / Q000209:etiology; D009336:Necrosis; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D011263:Pregnancy Trimester, Third; D018805:Sepsis / Q000209:etiology; D014599:Uterus / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology