Successful rescuing a pregnant woman with severe hepatitis E infection and postpartum massive hemorrhage.
OBJECTIVE
To sum up the experience of the successful therapy for the severe hepatitis of pregnant woman with postpartum massive hemorrhage.


METHODS
The advanced therapeutic methods including the bilateral uterine artery embolism, hemodialysis and artificial liver support therapy were performed with comprehensive medical treatments and the course of the successful rescuing the patient was analyzed.


RESULTS
Through the hospitalization of about two mouths the patient and her neonatus had gotten the best of care in our department and pediatric department separately. Both of them were discharged in good condition.


CONCLUSIONS
The key points for a successful therapy of the pregnant woman with severe hepatitis are termination of the pregnancy and the control of their various complications. It was suggested that the proper combination of these measures of modern therapy would race against time for renewing of hepatic and renal functions.
Jia
Zhan-Sheng
ZS
Center of Diagnosis and Treatment for Infectious Diseases of PLA, Tangdu Hospital, 1 Xinsi Road, Baqiao District, Xi'an 710038, Shaanxi Province, China. jiazsh@fmmu.edu.cn
Xie
Yu-Mei
YM
Yin
Guo-Wu
GW
Di
Jun-Rong
JR
Guo
Wei-Pin
WP
Huang
Chang-Xing
CX
Bai
Xue-Fang
XF
D000328:Adult; D001158:Arteries; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D005260:Female; D016751:Hepatitis E / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D019164:Liver, Artificial; D008297:Male; D006473:Postpartum Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000628:therapy*; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D016879:Salvage Therapy; D014599:Uterus / Q000098:blood supply