Assessment of discharge treatment prescribed to women admitted to hospital for hyperemesis gravidarum

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AIMS: Prescribing drug treatment for the management of hyperemesis gravidarum (HG), the most severe form of nausea and vomiting in pregnancy, remains controversial. Since most manufacturers do not recommend prescribing antiemetics during pregnancy, little is known regarding which treatments are most prevalent among pregnant patients. Here, we report for the first time, evidence of actual treatments prescribed in English hospitals.

METHODS: A retrospective pregnancy cohort was constructed using anonymised electronic records in the Nottingham University Hospitals Trust system for all women who delivered between January 2010 and February 2015. For women admitted to hospital for HG, medications prescribed on discharge were described and variation by maternal characteristics was assessed. Compliance with local and national HG treatment guidelines was evaluated.

RESULTS: Of 33 567 pregnancies (among 30 439 women), the prevalence of HG was 1.7%. Among 530 HG admissions with records of discharge drugs, cyclizine was the most frequently prescribed (almost 73% of admissions). Prochlorperazine and metoclopramide were prescribed mainly in combination with other drugs; however, ondansetron was more common than metoclopramide at discharge from first and subsequent admissions. Steroids were only prescribed following readmissions. Thiamine was most frequently prescribed following readmission while high dose of folic acid was prescribed equally after first or subsequent admissions. Prescribing showed little variation by maternal age, ethnicity, weight, socioeconomic deprivation, or comorbidities.

CONCLUSION: Evidence that management of HG in terms of discharge medications mainly followed local and national recommendations provides reassurance within the health professional community. Wider documentation of drugs prescribed to women with HG is required to enable full assessment of whether optimal drug management is being achieved.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:73

Enthalten in:

International journal of clinical practice - 73(2019), 1 vom: 16. Jan., Seite e13261

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Fiaschi, Linda [VerfasserIn]
Housley, Gemma [VerfasserIn]
Nelson-Piercy, Catherine [VerfasserIn]
Gibson, Jack [VerfasserIn]
Raji, Ayokunnu [VerfasserIn]
Deb, Shilpa [VerfasserIn]
Tata, Laila J [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

12001-76-2
935E97BOY8
Antiemetics
Folic Acid
Journal Article
Steroids
Thiamine
Vitamin B Complex
X66NSO3N35

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 28.01.2019

Date Revised 28.01.2019

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/ijcp.13261

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM288755790