title: Acute fatty liver of pregnancy: over six months follow-up study of twenty-five patients.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the prognosis of patients with acute fatty liver of pregnancy (AFLP) 6 mo or longer after discharge.
  
  
  METHODS
  The records of pregnant patients diagnosed with AFLP at Beijing Ditan Hospital over a 16-year period were reviewed in November 2012. Patients were monitored using abdominal ultrasound, liver and kidney functions, and routine blood examination.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 42 patients were diagnosed with AFLP during the study period, and 25 were followed. The mean follow-up duration was 54.5 mo (range: 6.5-181 mo). All patients were in good physical condition, but one patient had gestational diabetes. The renal and liver functions normalized in all patients after recovery, including in those with pre-existing liver or kidney failure. The ultrasound findings were normal in 12 patients, an increasingly coarsened echo-pattern and increased echogenicity of the liver in 10 patients, and mild to moderate fatty liver infiltration in 3 patients. Cirrhosis or liver nodules were not observed in any patient.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Acute liver failure and acute renal failure in AFLP patients is reversible. Patients do not require any specific long-term follow-up after recovery from AFLP if their liver function tests have normalized and they remain well.
authors: Hao-Feng Xiong, Jing-Yuan Liu, Li-Min Guo, Intensive Care Unit, Beijing Ditan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100015, China.
authors: Hao-Feng
authors: HF
authors: Xiong
authors: Hao-Feng Xiong, Jing-Yuan Liu, Li-Min Guo, Intensive Care Unit, Beijing Ditan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100015, China.
authors: Jing-Yuan
authors: JY
authors: Liu
authors: Hao-Feng Xiong, Jing-Yuan Liu, Li-Min Guo, Intensive Care Unit, Beijing Ditan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100015, China.
authors: Li-Min
authors: LM
authors: Guo
authors: Hao-Feng Xiong, Jing-Yuan Liu, Li-Min Guo, Intensive Care Unit, Beijing Ditan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100015, China.
authors: Xing-Wang
authors: XW
authors: Li
mesh_terms: D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D000328:Adult; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D002681:China; D018450:Disease Progression; D005234:Fatty Liver / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007677:Kidney Function Tests; D017114:Liver Failure, Acute / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D008111:Liver Function Tests; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D011379:Prognosis; D011446:Prospective Studies; D020127:Recovery of Function; D013997:Time Factors; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers
keywords: Acute fatty liver of pregnancy; Acute liver failure; Acute renal failure; Follow-up study