Doctor Philip is with the University of Wisconsin, Department of Family Practice, Eau Claire, Wis. Address reprint requests to Binu Philip, DO, 807 S Farwell, Eau Claire, Wis 54701 ABSTRACT Nausea and vomiting commonly occur in pregnant women. Hyperemesis gravidarum is a severe form of nausea and vomiting rarely occurring in pregnancy. Between 0.3% and 2% of all pregnant women suffer from hyper...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the temporal and case-controlled correlations of anxiety, depression and stress with hyperemesis gravidarum. STUDY DESIGN We performed a longitudinal cohort study of women with hyperemesis gravidarum using the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21) to evaluate psychological distress at hospitalization and in the third trimester of pregnancy (from 28 weeks gestati...

background:   there are also reports from other parts of the world indicating the presence of significant association of h. pylori infection and hyperemesis gravidarum, a bothersome condition that affects pregnant women.   objective: to test the hypothesis that whether h. pylori infection is associated with hyperemesis gravidarum among iranian h.p carriers.   methods: from november 1999 to febr...

yperemesis gravidarum occurs in about 1.5% of pregnancies and is more common in Asian than in white women. Many patients do not need anti thyroid drugs, except for those with severe nausea and vomiting and thyroid dysfunction after 18-20 weeks of pregnancy. The aim of the study was to determine the importance of routine assessment of thyroid function in pregnant women with hyperemesis gravidaru...

OBJECTIVE In this study we investigate the possible relation of thyroid dysfunction and thyroid antibodies to hyperemesis gravidarum. MATERIAL AND METHODS Thirty-seven patients with hyperemesis gravidarum and 33 healthy controls have been included in this study. RESULTS Thyroid dysfunction was significantly more common than in controls (38% vs 6%, p=0.002). Thyroglobulin antibodies were als...

OBJECTIVE To study whether pregnancies complicated by hyperemesis gravidarum in the first (<12 weeks) or second (12-21 weeks) trimester are associated with placental dysfunction disorders. DESIGN Population-based cohort study. SETTING Sweden. POPULATION All pregnancies in the Swedish Medical Birth Register estimated to have started on 1 January 1997 or later and ended in a single birth on...

Background:  There are also reports from other parts of the world indicating the presence of significant association of H. pylori infection and hyperemesis gravidarum, a bothersome condition that affects pregnant women.  Objective: To test the hypothesis that whether H. pylori infection is associated with hyperemesis gravidarum among Iranian H.P carriers. Methods: From November 1999 to February...

OBJECTIVE We aimed to investigate the possible association between Helicobacter pylori infection and Hyperemesis gravidarum. MATERIAL AND METHODS Thirty-six pregnant women with Hyperemesis gravidarum with severe vomiting (more than 4 times a day), weight loss (≥3 kg), ketonuria and 36 pregnant women gestational age-matched, without nausea and vomiting attending our outpatient clinic for anten...

OBJECTIVES To test the hypothesis that infection with Helicobacter pylori is associated with hyperemesis gravidarum. METHODS From November 1999 to February 2001, we enrolled 54 pregnant women with hyperemesis gravidarum and 53 asymptomatic pregnant women in a prospective study. Specific serum immunoglobulin G for Helicobacter pylori was assayed in the sera of the study group and compared with...

OBJECTIVE To determine pregnancy outcome in hyperemesis gravidarum and the effect of metabolic, biochemical, hematological and clinical indicators of disease severity on outcome. STUDY DESIGN A retrospective study based on 166 women hospitalized for confirmed hyperemesis gravidarum from January 2004 to January 2005. For each woman, three controls matched for age, parity and ethnicity were obt...