PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Elvyna Lim
AU  - Maria Mouyis
AU  - Lucy MacKillop
TI  - Liver diseases in pregnancy
AID  - 10.7861/clinmed.2021-0497
DP  - 2021 Sep 01
TA  - Clinical Medicine
PG  - e441--e445
VI  - 21
IP  - 5
4099  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/21/5/e441.short
4100  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/21/5/e441.full
SO  - Clin Med2021 Sep 01; 21
AB  - Liver disease in pregnancy can be related to a pre-existing condition (such as autoimmune liver disease) or arise as a consequence of pregnancy. In women with pre-existing disease, pre-pregnancy counselling is important to discuss the potential complications that may occur during pregnancy and how best to manage these. Acute fatty liver of pregnancy and HELLP (haemolysis, elevated liver enzymes and low platelets) syndrome are pregnancy-related liver diseases and are considered obstetric emergencies. Women with liver dysfunction need appropriate investigations, including blood tests and imaging. They should be managed as part of a multidisciplinary team with obstetricians, obstetric anaesthetists, specialist midwives, gastroenterologists and obstetric physicians.