The prevalence and pregnancy outcomes of intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy: A retrospective clinical audit review

Background To determine the prevalence and outcomes of intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy. Methods A review comparing intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy pregnancies to all other pregnancies in three tertiary care Australian hospitals over a 36-month period. Results There were 43,876 pregnancies. The prevalence of intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancies (n = 319) was 0.7%. There were differences between intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy and non-intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy mothers including higher prevalence of South Asian (22.6% versus 3.1%, p