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| Year : 2022 | Volume
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| Issue : 4 | Page : 239-243 |
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Fulminant acute fatty liver of pregnancy presenting with multi-organ failure: A case series
Sai Saran1, Saumitra Misra1, Suhail Sarwar Siddiqui1, Avinash Agrawal1, Mohan Gurjar2, Ajay Kumar Patwa3, Syed Nabeel Muzaffar1
1 Department of Critical Care Medicine, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
2 Department of Critical Care Medicine, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
3 Department of Medicine, Division of Gastromedicine, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Syed Nabeel Muzaffar
Department of Critical Care Medicine, King George's Medical University, Lucknow - 226 003, Uttar Pradesh
India
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DOI: 10.4103/ijciis.ijciis_31_22
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Liver disease in pregnancy can be classified into pregnancy-related, liver disease coincident with pregnancy or preexisting liver disease. Acute fatty liver of pregnancy (AFLP) is a rare liver disorder that is caused by defects in mitochondrial beta (β) oxidation of fatty acids. In view of its fulminant presentation and rapid progression to multiple organ failure (MOF), AFLP carries high maternal and fetal mortality. These patients are commonly present in the third trimester of pregnancy with gastrointestinal symptoms and complications such as hypoglycemia, lactic acidosis, hyperammonemia, leukocytosis, liver dysfunction, coagulopathy, and renal dysfunction. Diagnosis is mostly based on the Swansea diagnostic criteria and by excluding other etiologies of liver dysfunction. Liver biopsy is rarely performed owing to underlying coagulopathy and thrombocytopenia. In this case series, we intend to share our experience of managing four cases of AFLP that were admitted to the intensive care unit with fetal demise and MOF.
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