title: Pregnant woman with fulminant hepatic failure caused by hepatitis B virus infection: a case report.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report the experience in successfully treating pregnant women with severe hepatitis.
  
  
  METHODS
  Comprehensive medical treatments were performed under strict monitoring.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Pregnant woman with severe hepatitis was successfully rescued.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Vital measures taken in the treatment of pregnant women with severe hepatitis include termination of the pregnancy at a proper time and control of various complications, such as disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC), hepatorenal syndrome, hepatic encephalopathy and infection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510630, Guangdong Province, China.
authors.forename: Yue-Bo
authors.initials: YB
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Xiao-Mao
authors.initials: XM
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Zhong-Jie
authors.initials: ZJ
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Lin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ma
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D017093:Liver Failure / Q000628:therapy / Q000821:virology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000503:physiopathology; D016879:Salvage Therapy; D012720:Severity of Illness Index