Arch Gynecol Obstet 2022 Feb 28. Epub 2022 Feb 28.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Turku University Hospital and University of Turku, Turku, Finland.
Purpose: To evaluate the burden of illness caused by hyperemesis gravidarum (HG) and association of readmissions due to HG with maternal, environmental and pregnancy-related factors, and different pregnancy outcomes.
Methods: Data of women with HG diagnosis in Finland, 2005-2017, were retrieved from health-care registers. Associations between readmissions due to HG and age, gravidity, parity, pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI), smoking, marital status, socioeconomic status, municipality population, assisted reproductive technology (ART), and number and sex of fetuses were analyzed in pregnancies resulting in delivery. Read More