Tuesday, 16 October 2012

Pregnancy and elevated liver enzymes

And we're back....

Today we talked about a case of elevated liver enzymes in a patient who was in her 3rd trimester of pregnancy.


Don't forget about your differential of elevated liver enzymes in a patient who NOT pregnant, since all of those can affect young women as well!

Below is a figure from 'uptodate' which summarizes the differential of "pregnancy associated causes"
Certain features, like Timing (which trimester) or how high the liver enzymes are, can help narrow the differential.

 HERE is a review on liver disease in pregnancy!
Have a good night.

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