Feb 2006 Journal Obstet Gynecol... dedicated to HG articles

[Gracie]

All of the following articles (except one...) are from the current issue of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Feb 2006 a really well regarded medical journal which seems to have dedicated a great portion of this issue to HG. Each one of these describes research or specific cases of women with HG... you can access them through Medline if you wish.

Diagnosis of placental abscess in association with recurrent maternal bacteremia in a twin pregnancy.BACKGROUND: Placental abscess formation is rarely recognized prenatally.
from Obstet Gynecol - Feb 2006 - Natalie B Meirowitz, Adiel Fleischer, Michele Powers


Nausea, emesis, and muscle weakness in a pregnant adolescent.BACKGROUND: Gitelman syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive disorder that presents in early adulthood with fatigue, muscle cramps and electrolyte abnormalities.
from Obstet Gynecol - Feb 2006 - Sindhu K Srinivas, Sabrina Sukhan


Adjusted leptin level (ALL) is a predictor for hyperemesis gravidarum.OBJECTIVE: To compare the maternal serum leptin level according to the gestational week and to assess the relationship between the adjusted serum leptin level and thyroid hormones.
from Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol - Feb 2006 - Berfu Demir, C Tamer Erel, Ali Haberal, et. al.


Outcomes of pregnancies complicated by hyperemesis gravidarum.OBJECTIVE: To evaluate maternal and neonatal outcomes among women with hyperemesis during pregnancy.
from Obstet Gynecol - Feb 2006 - Linda Dodds, Deshayne B Fell, K S Joseph, et. al.


Wernicke's Encephalopathy With Hyperemesis and Ketoacidosis.BACKGROUND: Avitaminosis can result from the acute malnutrition associated with prolonged pregnancy-related hyperemesis.
from Obstet Gynecol - Feb 2006 - Tamila Selitsky, Prasanta Chandra


Risk factors for hyperemesis gravidarum requiring hospital admission during pregnancy.OBJECTIVE: To identify risk factors for hyperemesis requiring hospital admission during pregnancy.
from Obstet Gynecol - Feb 2006 - Deshayne B Fell, Linda Dodds, K S Joseph, et. al

[Atsie]

How do you find them at medline? I am having a heck of a time trying to find them.

[Gracie]

It seemed so simple in my head... sorry! This may seem long and convaluted but it is quite simple:

I access MEDLINE searches through Medscape www.medscape.com its free, but you have to sign up (its a nice service since you can request automatic notifications of new findings with key words, etc....)

In the top right corner is the search box, type "Hyperemesis Gravidarum" and select "MEDLINE"

It will give you all the publications listed... for the best sorting, under "Advanced Search Options" ask for "By publication date" and it will give you the publications in order of most recent to oldest.

You can get the abstracts through this, which gives the introduction, summary, details and conclusions. For the long, detailed versions you will likely need access to a hospital or university server that has subscriptions to the journals.

Hope this helps!

[aaronsmommy]

There was actually one more case report.

Candida Septicemia in a Pregnant Woman With Hyperemesis Receiving Parenteral Nutrition

Removal of a peripherally inserted central catheter and intravenous fluconazole successfully eradicated systemic infection with Candida parapsilosis.
Yelena Paranyuk, Gary Levine, Reinaldo Figueroa
Obstet Gynecol 2006 107: 535-537.

[Gracie]

Thanks Aimee! My brain is not always running on all cylinders these days...

I was really pleased to see so many articles & case reports about HG in one publication; hopefully this will happen more often.