Table 1.

Case Reports on Plasmapheresis for Cholestatic Pruritus During Pregnancy

Reference	Liver Disease	Start PPh (Weeks of Pregnancy)	Number of Sessions	Effect on pBA	Effect on Pruritus	Fetal Complications	Maternal Complications
6	PFIC	19	15	↓*	↓	Absent	Absent
7	PFIC	13	4	↓*	↓	Absent	Absent
8	PFIC	31	4	Immediate decrease	↓	Absent	Not reported
9	PBC, Gilbert’s syndrome	22	4	Not reported	↓	Absent	Absent
9	PBC	31	6	Not reported	↓	Absent	Absent
10	ICP	32	5	No decrease*	↓	Absent	Not reported
11	ICP, hepatitis C	27	7	No decrease*	↓	Absent	Not reported

^*Measured at start of next plasmapheresis session; no immediate effect reported.

Abbreviations: ICP, intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy; PBC, primary biliary cholangitis; PPh, plasmapheresis.