Study of Liver Dysfunction in Hyperemesis Gravidarum.
hepatic
hyperemesis gravidarum
liver
liver dysfunction
liver function tests
nausea and vomiting in pregnancy
Journal
Cureus
ISSN: 2168-8184
Titre abrégé: Cureus
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101596737
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
20 Jun 2020
20 Jun 2020
Historique:
entrez:
24
7
2020
pubmed:
24
7
2020
medline:
24
7
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
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 transaminase (ALT) was 51.35 ± 42.86 U/L. ALT was higher than AST with statistical significance (p<0.0001). There was no statistically significant difference in the LFT of primigravida and multigravida women. The study population included three diabetic and two hypertensive women, and two women had multiple pregnancy. All the patients were treated with anti-emetics. One patient required corticosteroid administration, and none required termination of pregnancy. Conclusion Mild liver dysfunction in HG can occur in over 50% of the patients. When diagnosis is not in doubt, no further intervention is required with regard to the LFT.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32699704
doi: 10.7759/cureus.8709
pmc: PMC7372213
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
e8709Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2020, Gaba et al.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
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