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01.04.2013 | Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Clinical significance of ptyalism gravidarum
Erschienen in: Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics | Ausgabe 4/2013
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Objective
The aim of this study was to identify the clinical significance associated with ptyalism gravidarum in Japanese singleton pregnancies.
Methods
Data were collected from 22 patients complicated by ptyalism gravidarum whose symptoms continued until delivery and from 7,743 unaffected controls.
Results
The incidence of ptyalism gravidarum in the Japanese pregnant women was about 0.3 %. Using multiple logistic regressions, ptyalism gravidarum was associated with history of hyperemesis gravidarum (p < 0.01), neonatal male sex (p = 0.02) and small for gestational age infants (p = 0.04).
Conclusions
Ptyalism gravidarum may be a distinctive condition leading to adverse perinatal outcomes.