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Chapter 44 - Biliary Diseases in Pregnancy

from Section 7 - Hepato-Renal and Gastrointestinal Conditions in Pregnancy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 February 2023

By
Bruno De Souza Ribeiro ,
Amira El-Messidi  and
Maged Peter Ghali
Edited by
Amira El-Messidi  and
Alan D. Cameron
Amira El-Messidi
Affiliation:
McGill University, Montréal
Alan D. Cameron
Affiliation:
University of Glasgow
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Summary

A 34-year-old G3P2 at 20 weeks’ gestation presents to the A&E (E.R.) department of your tertiary care center with a three-hour history of nausea and vomiting associated with recurrent right upper quadrant pain, no longer alleviated by analgesics.

Keywords

Biliary disease, pregnancyCholelithiasisDifferential diagnosisClinical manifestationsPhysical examinationRisk factorsAntenatal managementPerinatal risks, complications, maternal-fetal morbidity, adverse outcomeInvestigations, interventions, diagnosis, endoscopic retrograde or magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatogram (ERCP, MRCP)Acute cholecystitisLaparoscopy, cholecystectomy, obstetric considerationsAcute pancreatitisSevere hypertriglyceridemia
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OSCEs in Obstetrics and Maternal-Fetal Medicine
An Evidence-Based Approach
 , pp. 563 - 572
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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