Determinants of the need for hospital care among women with nausea and vomiting of pregnancy (original) (raw)

Clinical and investigative medicine. Medecine clinique et experimentale, 2001

Abstract

OBJECTIVES To characterize a cohort of pregnant women who required hospital care owing to nausea and vomiting of pregnancy (NVP) and to identify variables that could serve as predictors of the need for hospital care. DESIGN A retrospective, observational study. METHODS Between 1996 and 1997, women who suffered from NVP were invited to call the NVP Healthline at The Motherisk Program in Toronto. After obtaining verbal consent, callers were interviewed by trained counsellors through a structured questionnaire about their NVP experience in previous pregnancies. Univariate and multivariate analyses were used to identify factors that could predict the need for hospital care. RESULTS In total, 3,201 women were recruited;1,348 (43.8%) needed hospital care (treatment in the emergency room, day unit or hospital ward). The following characteristics were significantly associated with the need for hospital care: severity of vomiting (more than 5 times a day), use of more than one antiemetic med...

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