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Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy (AFLP)
Pathophysiology:
 • Defect in fetal free fatty acid metabolism products →
Acute Fatty Liver ... hepatocytes → Liver ... Intrahepatic Cholestasis Management ... #Liver #Pregnancy ... obgyn #diagnosis #management
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease algorithm.
 
For those patients with NAFLD or liver disease of unknown aetiology,
Non-alcoholic fatty ... liver disease algorithm ... with NAFLD or liver ... non-alcoholic fatty ... algorithm #Referral #Management
Diagnostic flow-chart to assess and monitor disease severity in the presence of suspected NAFLD and metabolic
Guidelines for the management ... non-alcoholic fatty ... liver disease
There are similarities and differences between these 3 conditions which all carry treatment implications. Each mimic
stores in the liver ... which mobilizes fatty ... beta-oxidation in the liver ... differential #algorithm #management
Thrombocytopenia and Pregnancy - TTP/HUS, HELLP Syndrome and Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy (AFLP)
Three syndromes in
Syndrome and Acute Fatty ... Liver of Pregnancy ... Hemolysis, Elevated Liver ... plasma exchange 3) Fatty ... liver of pregnancy
Lipoprotein Metabolism

Enterocytes release absorbed lipids the form of triglyceride-rich chylomicrons. These are acted upon by endothelial
cells producing fatty ... transported to liver ... The liver uses this ... supply tissues with fatty ... return to the liver
Liver Disease in Pregnancy
Intrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy (ICP)
 • Onset/Trimester: 25-32 weeks
 • Typical clinical features:
Liver Disease in ... Hemolysis, Elevated Liver ... hemorrhage Acute Fatty ... Liver of Pregnancy ... Hepatic imaging: Fatty
Histologic Features and Prevalence of Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH). NASH is a potentially progressive type of nonalcoholic
of nonalcoholic fatty ... liver disease ( ... features of NASH in liver-biopsy ... cirrhosis, and primary liver
Thrombocytopenia and Pregnancy
Three syndromes in the critically ill pregnant woman who presents with coagulation defects.
1) HELLP
Hemolysis, Elevated Liver ... plasma exchange 2) Fatty ... liver of pregnancy ... coagulation defects and liver
Common Etiologies of Cirrhosis

Inflammation

 - Hepatitis B (15 percent)

 - Hepatitis C (47 percent)

 - Schistosomiasis
- Nonalcoholic fatty ... liver disease