Perioperative care of a patient with acute fatty liver of pregnancy.

Holzman, R S; Riley, L E; Aron, E; Fetherston, J · Anesth Analg · 2001

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

Acute fatty liver of pregnancy (AFLP) is a late gestational complication with biochemical similarities to the inherited disorders of mitochondrial fatty acid oxidation and clinical similarities to fulminant hepatic failure. The following case illustrates our perioperative management of this rarely encountered disorder.

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