Successful orthotopic liver transplantation and delayed delivery of a healthy newborn in a woman with fulminant hepatic failure during the second trimester of pregnancy

Successful orthotopic liver transplantation and delayed delivery of a healthy newborn in a woman with fulminant hepatic failure during the second trimester of pregnancy

Severe liver dysfunction during pregnancy implies a serious risk for both mother and fetus, and represents a technical and ethical challenge for treating physicians. We report a case of a previously healthy 32-year old woman who was admitted to our hospital with idiopathic fulminant hepatic failure...

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Main Authors: Manuel Mendizabal, Carlos Rowe, Federico Piñero, Ariel Gonzalez-Campaña, Martín Fauda, Diego Tomás Arufe, María Pía Raffa, Mariano Barreiro, Rodolfo Keller, Fernando Cacheiro, Ernesto Beruti, Oscar Andriani, Marcelo Oscar Silva, Luis Gustavo Podestá
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-03-01
Series:Annals of Hepatology
Subjects:
Acute liver failure
Liver transplantation
High risk pregnancy
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1665268119308932

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