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Risk factors in patients with acute fatty liver of pregnancy: the role of abortion, total bilirubin and serum creatinine.

Authors :
Gao Q
Ma Y
Qu X
Zheng X
Source :
Archives of gynecology and obstetrics [Arch Gynecol Obstet] 2024 Jul; Vol. 310 (1), pp. 153-159. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Nov 01.
Publication Year :
2024

Abstract

Purpose: Acute fatty liver of pregnancy (AFLP) is a relatively rare obstetric emergency usually accompanied by fatal complications. Numerous studies have evaluated the potential risk factors for outcomes in patients with AFLP. But rare studies evaluated the predictive ability, sensitivity and specificity of the risk factors for maternal mortality. Thus, in this multicenter research, we aimed to further prove the predictive ability of the MELD model, investigated the prognostic value of history of abortion (HOA), total bilirubin (TBiL) and serum creatinine (SCr) and explored new predictive models for predicting maternal mortality in patients with AFLP.<br />Methods: We performed a retrospective cohort study of 133 hospitalised patients with AFLP in four Chinese tertiary hospitals between January 2009 and April 2014.<br />Results: The maximal AUC amongst three independent risk factors for maternal death was TBiL with a cut-off point of > 131.9 μmol/L, showing a sensitivity of 100% and a specificity of 55.9%. The threshold of the RF model for maternal mortality was - 1.629 and the AUC was 0.876, with an 81.8% sensitivity and an 80.2% specificity. The AUC for MELD model to predict maternal death was 0.894, and the best cut-off point was 28 with a sensitivity of 81.8% and a specificity of 84.7%.<br />Conclusions: Both the MELD model and the RF model showed good efficacy in predicting the maternal mortality in patients with ALFP (AUC = 0.894 and 0.876, respectively).<br /> (© 2023. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.)

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1432-0711
Volume :
310
Issue :
1
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Archives of gynecology and obstetrics
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
37910196
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00404-023-07234-y