title: [Acute viral hepatitis during pregnancy].
abstract: Acute hepatitis has a very low incidence disease during pregnancy. However, it may be an important cause of jaundice during gestation which in cases of viral etiology can have a very high morbidity and mortality risk to the mother and the fetus. The purpose of this review is to update the available knowledge regarding viral hepatitis during pregnancy including description of the main etiologies, transmission route, maternal-fetal risk and possible management.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Medicina Fetal, Hospital Clínico, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile. evaldes@vtr.net
authors.forename: Enrique
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Valdés R
authors.forename: Alvaro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sepúlveda M
authors.forename: Paula
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Candia P
authors.forename: Karina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lattes A
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D005260:Female; D006525:Hepatitis, Viral, Human / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy / Q000635:transmission; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D018445:Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy / Q000821:virology*