Hepatitis & Liver Disease in Pregnancy

Jeffrey Johnson, M.D.

Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center

Objectives

At the conclusion of this seminar, the participant should be able to:

1. Mode of transmission for Hepatitis A, B, C

2. Indications for vaccination of Hepatitis A, B

3. Risk factors for Hepatitis B

4. Prevention of vertical transmission of Hepatitis B, C

5. Risks of cholestasis to pregnancy

6. Diagnosis, treatment of cholestasis of pregnancy

7. Differential diagnosis of acute fatty liver of pregnancy

8. Risks, management of cholelithiasis during pregnancy

9. Diagnosis, management of Budd-Chiari Syndrome