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## Abstract ## Background Transient non-immune hyperthyroidism in early pregnancy is hyperthyroidism diagnosed for the first time in early pregnancy, without evidence of thyroid autoimmunity or clinical findings of Grave’s disease and resolved spontaneously as the pregnancy progressed. Hyperemesis gravidarum (HG) is the commonest cause with 66%–73% of women with severe HG were found to have elevated thyroid function. ## Materials and methods We conducted a cross sectional study to determine the prevalence of transient hyperthyroidism in patients with hyperemesis gravidarum and its relation to the severity of nausea and vomiting. Severity of nausea and vomiting in pregnancy was assessed using the modified pregnancy-unique quantification of emesis (PUQE) scoring system. Each patient had urine and blood investigations which also included a full blood count and thyroid and renal function tests. Patients with abnormal thyroid function were retested at 20 weeks of gestation. The patients’ demographic data, electrolyte levels, thyroid function and their respective PUQE score were analyzed. ## Results The prevalence of transient hyperthyroidism in women with hyperemesis gravidarum was 4.8%

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Author

Nor Zila Hassan Malek; Aida Kalok; Zainal Abidin Hanafiah; Shamsul Azhar Shah; Nor Azlin Mohamed Ismail

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Published

2017

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)