Prevalencia de esteatosis hepática aguda en gestantes con trastornos hipertensivos en el Hospital Universitario de Guayaquil durante el año 2019.

Abstract

Liver disease during pregnancy is rare and can be caused by a disorder that is unique to pregnancy or by an acute or chronic liver disease that already exists or develops incidentally as a comorbidity of pregnancy. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of acute hepatic steatosis (fatty liver acute) using the criteria Swansea in pregnant women with hypertensive disorders in Guayaquil University Hospital during the year 2019. It was concluded that the prevalence of Hepatic Steatosis was 7.59%, with the most diagnosed hypertensive disorder being preeclampsia with 70.89%. Of the Swansea Criteria, the most frequent presentations were abdominal pain and hypertransaminemia with 100% of the patients. Furthermore, 54.43% had leukocytosis, 24.47% had hyperuricemia, and 24.05% had coagulopathy. Mortality was 21.94%. A relationship between hepatic steatosis in pregnant women and hypertensive disorders developed in pregnancy was not determined.