Asian Pacific association for the study of liver (APASL) guidelines: hepatitis B virus in pregnancy
Manoj Kumar, Zaigham Abbas, Milad Azami, M. А. Belopolskaya, A. Kadir Dökmeci, Hasmik Ghazinyan, Jidong Jia, Ankur Jindal, Han Chu Lee, Wei Lei, Seng Gee Lim, Chun‐Jen Liu, Qiang Li, Mamun Al Mahtab, David Handojo Muljono, Madunil Anuk Niriella, Masao Omata, Diana A. Payawal, Shiv Kumar Sarin, Olivier Ségéral, Tawesak Tanwandee, Nirupma Trehanpati, Kumar Visvanathan, Jin Mo Yang, Man‐Fung Yuen, Yingjie Zheng, Yi‐Hua Zhou
Abstract
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection still remains a major public health issue in the Asia-Pacific region. Most of the burden of HBV-related disease results from infections acquired in infancy through perinatal or early childhood exposure to HBV in Asia-Pacific. Hepatitis B during pregnancy presents unique management issues for both the mother and fetus. These APASL guidelines provide a comprehensive review and recommendations based on available evidence in the literature, for the management of females with HBV infection through every stage of pregnancy and postpartum. These also address the concerns, management challenges, and required follow-up of children born to hepatitis B-positive mothers.