Thursday, July 25, 2019

AASLD guidelines for treatment of chronic hepatitis B in pregnancy

Hello!

Here is a quick summary.


All infants of HBsAg-positive women should receive HBV vaccination ± hepatitis B immunoglobulin.

Pregnant women who have hepatitis B virus DNA levels greater than 200,000 IU/mL at 24 to 28 weeks' gestation should be treated with antivirals to prevent vertical transmission during delivery.

Antivirals studied in pregnant women: Lamivudine, telbivudine, and tenofovir.

Antiviral therapy was discontinued at birth to 3 months postpartum. With discontinuation of treatment, women should be monitored for ALT flares every 3 months for 6 months.

Breastfeeding is not contraindicated - antivirals are minimally excreted in breast milk.

C-section is not indicated - insufficient data to support benefit.

Source: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5987259/

-IkaN

2 comments:

  1. I think you need to rethink regarding title of this blog

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