Mortality and Late Results of Infectious Hepatitis in Pregnant Women

Abstract

The immediate mortality from infectious hepatitis, especially in its nonepidemic form, is extremely low. Previous work has suggested a higher mortality in pregnant women, at least in areas where undernutrition is common.It was the purpose of the study reported here to investigate the immediate mortality of infectious hepatitis in pregnant women and also to evaluate liver function a year or more after the acute episode in women who survived.All cases diagnosed as nonobstructive jaundice at the Boston Lying-in Hospital in the past eighteen years were reviewed to select patients for this study. No case occurring more recently than . . .