Infectious Hepatitis Associated with Pregnancy

Abstract

AN EPIDEMIC of infectious hepatitis began among the civilian population of Portland, Maine, during 1944, and has continued to date. Four cases occurred in pregnant women. Since this combination is rare, having occurred in only 10 of 72,000 pregnant patients at the Chicago Lying-in hospital,¹ the cases reported below are presented in detail.The sedimentation rates mentioned in these cases were determined by the Wintrobe method, corrected for anemia, with normal results in women of up to 20 mm. in 1 hour. Normal values for the icteric index were 4 to 7 units per cubic centimeter. In the bromsulfalein test . . .