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The rate of fetal complications increases when maternal serum bile acid levels become elevated in women who develop intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy, reported Dr. Anna Glantz of Sahlgrenska University Hospital/East, Goteborg, Sweden, and her colleagues.
Intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (ICP), defined as pruritus in pregnancy plus 10 [micro]mol/L or more of serum bile acids, occurred in 1.5% of 45,485 pregnancies recorded in a region of Sweden in February 1999-January 2002. The probability of the fetal complications of spontaneous preterm deliveries, asphyxial events, and meconium staining of amniotic fluid, placenta, and ...
Source: HighBeam Research, Fetal problems rise with serum bile acid levels in cholestasis of...