Prevalence and severity of viral hepatitis in pakistani pregnant women: A five year hospital based study

Aliya B. Aziz; Saeed Hamid; Saima Iqbal; Wahila Islam; Sadia Aziz Karim

Prevalence and severity of viral hepatitis in pakistani pregnant women: A five year hospital based study

Aliya B. Aziz, Saeed Hamid, Saima Iqbal, Wahila Islam, Sadia Aziz Karim

Department of Medicine, Medical College, Pakistan

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A hospital based observational study was carried out on pregnant women presenting with either acute hepatitis or fulminant hepatic failure (FHF), during the past years. Of S3 patients, 20 (38%) developed FHF.Non-A, Non-B was the commonest cause (62%) followed by hepatitis B in 17% and hepatitis A in 4% cases. Eight women expired (case fatality rate 15%) with a high maternal mortality (62%) caused by NANB hepatitis. Perinatal mortality was 30%. Poor prognostic factors identified were lack of antenatal care, severity of jaundice, history of somnolence, gastrointestinal bleeding and a high grade of encephalopathy.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	198-201
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association
Volume	47
Issue number	8
Publication status	Published - 1997

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