Ante-natal and Post-natal Care

glucose thlirapy is call(ed forIt' rar l ese \IIIvt'lee these measures fail, abortioni hias to he iln(luce(l. Ana.stlhsia is e1-r (lamngerous in these cases. (Gas and oxygen sihouldl be chloseln. Results of Treabtne ii t .-Ou)t of 790 patientIs admitted to III \ wards at the Ri)va Maternity HIospital from ulgust, 1988, till tI e end of 198-, tliirteen] cases were admitte(d as hlypercmesis. Of these four dlidl not vomit after admission, an(l the urine was free from acetone and(l fiacetic acidl. They are therefore excluded, Ieaving nine cases of hlperemesis-an inceilence of onie in eighty-eight. of a(lmissionis. Of the nine cases, four were primigravxida. Sevenl were between seven and tell weeks pregnant. One was-twentyv-on\ew-ceks pregnanit, and(i otne was twenty-seven xweeks pregnant. On a(lmnissioin all had acetonie and diacetic aci(d in the uritne, and the average systolic blood-pressure was 110 mm. The average (Lrationi of symptoms xvas thiree weeks, andCl tile average stay inI hospital was seventeen (lays. All were discharged free from symnptoms and ketoniuria and on ordinary cliet.