Ch 57 Hyperemesis Gravidarum

Question 1

hyperemesis is defined as vomiting sufficiently severe to produce weight loss, dehydration, acidosis from starvation, alkalosis from loss of hydrochloric acid in vomitus, and hypokalemia. there may be mild hyperbilirubinemia, and serum hepatic transaminase levels in up to 1/2 of women hospitalized

Answer 1

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