[Viral hepatitis C and pregnancy].
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate course and outcomes of hepatitis C in gravidae; introduction of optimal management of pregnancy, postpartum period in mothers and newborns in viral hepatitis C.


METHODS
Case histories, general and obstetric statuses, obstetric and extragenital pathology, pregnancy course and outcomes were studied in 76 pregnant women with viral hepatitis C.


RESULTS
A complicated course of pregnancy was observed in 38.2, 13.1 and 24.3% of women in trimester I, II and III, respectively. Therapeutic policy of removing symptoms of the pathology with consideration of hepatitis C severity and stage allowed to keep pregnancy in all the women.


CONCLUSIONS
Hepatitis C virus can complicate pregnancy but the latter does not aggrevate the course of hepatitis C.
Iushchuk
N D
ND
Kuz'min
V N
VN
D000328:Adult; D000998:Antiviral Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D016174:Hepacivirus / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000821:virology; D018937:Hepatitis C Antibodies / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000821:virology; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D011379:Prognosis; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D012720:Severity of Illness Index
D000998:Antiviral Agents; D018937:Hepatitis C Antibodies; D012367:RNA, Viral
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