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Karen Wong

Karen Wong

Host of The Meaning Code podcast/YouTube channel, an artist in Los Altos, California who interviews thinkers across science, philosophy, and meaning.

Jun 16, 2026

speaker_1HOST
5:50
And so Dr. Wong, so what are your thoughts on delivery planning with this patient who has these elevated bile acids without actually a diagnosis of colostasis of pregnancy at this time?
5:59
That's certainly what we're thinking about from an obstetric point of view.
6:02
When we see such high bile acids, as Dr. Karovich said, it's hard to know how to interpret them, what to make of them when we don't have a diagnosis actually of intrahepatic colostasis.
6:11
And it doesn't necessarily fit that picture in either symptoms or the presentation in terms of gestational age.
6:18
But I do worry about bile acids that are over 100 specifically as quite significantly increasing the risk of stillbirth for fetuses.
6:27
And I think regardless of why the bile acids are up, you know, you do think about the pathophysiology of stillbirth in that context.
6:36
It's not precisely known why.
speaker_1HOST
10:36
Although those were your take-home points, would there be any increased monitoring you would do in this patient when you notice those bile acids elevated at that particular time?

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