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Acute Fatty Liver

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Acute fatty liver of pregnancy is a genetic disorder worsened during late pregnancy when heightened lipid metabolism contributes to accumulation of fatty acids in the liver. Symptoms are mostly attributable to liver and kidney damage and may include liver failure of hepatic encephalopathy. Prompt delivery of the fetus, with urgent cesarean delivery in severe cases, is key to recovery.

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Hunan Provincial Women and Children’s Hospital, Changsha, Hunan, China

    Aiyuan Li M.D.

  2. Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA

    Weike Tao M.D.

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  1. Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA

    Suzanne K. W. Mankowitz

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Li, A., Tao, W. (2018). Acute Fatty Liver. In: Mankowitz, S. (eds) Consults in Obstetric Anesthesiology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59680-8_4

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