Study of Liver Dysfunction in Hyperemesis Gravidarum

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Nayana Gaba, Saurabh Gaba

Abstract

Introduction Hyperemesis gravidarum (HG) is said to occur when early pregnancy is complicated by excessive vomiting that leads to electrolyte imbalance, ketosis or loss of more than 5% of the bodyweight. It can be accompanied by deranged liver function tests (LFT), and most patients recover uneventfully with no fetal harm. Methods A retrospective study was conducted by evaluating records of 135 patients who were admitted or underwent day care for HG at our center over a period of 30 months. After excluding patients who were not investigated and those with another pre-existing or newly diagnosed liver disease, 63 patients were enrolled in the study. Their LFT were analyzed with the software Graphpad Prism version 8.4 (GraphPad Software, San Diego, California). The values were expressed as mean ± standard deviation and statistical analysis was done using unpaired t test and simple linear regression. Results The mean age of the study population was 26.59 ± 5.15 years and the mean period of gestation was 13.27 ± 2.48 weeks. 60.3% (38/63) of the patients had some form of abnormality on the LFT. The mean total serum bilirubin (TSB) was 1.56 ± 0.84 mg/dL, mean aspartate transaminase (AST) was 46.63 ± 30.89 U/L and mean alanine transam...Continue Reading

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