Jaundice in pregnancy

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• Description
• Referral

DESCRIPTION

The most common causes of jaundice in pregnancy are not pregnancy-specific. They include viral hepatitis, and adverse drug reactions.
Pregnancy-specific causes include:

• intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy,
• acute fatty liver of pregnancy (acute yellow atrophy of the liver),
• severe pre-eclampsia or eclampsia, and
• hyperemesis gravidarum.

REFERRAL

All, as certain causes of jaundice in pregnancy have a high mortality.