© 2013. Dr. Neema Acharya, Dr. Sourya Acharya, Dr. Samarth Shukla, Dr. Rutuja Athvale & Dr. Shaveta. This is a research/review paper, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/), permitting all non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction inany medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Global Journal of Medical research Gynecology and Obstetrics Volume 13 Issue 2 Version 1.0 Year 2013 Type: Double Blind Peer Reviewed International Research Journal Publisher: Global Journals Inc. (USA) Study of Jaundice in Pregnancy By Dr. Neema Acharya, Dr. Sourya Acharya, Dr. Samarth Shukla, Dr. Rutuja Athvale & Dr. Shaveta Datta Maghe Institute of Medical Sciences, Wardha, India Abstract - Objective: This study was aimed at determining pregnancy outcome of cases of jaundice in pregnancy over a 6 year period at tertiary care hospital. Conclusion: The disease is associated with high incidence of preterm labour.Main causes of maternal mortality were found to be, coagulation failure, hepatic coma, renal failure, septicemia. Methodology: All case records of patients with jaundice in pregnancy over 6 year period from the medical records office of the hospital and analysed. Results: During the 6-year study period, there were 7180 registered deliveries in the hospital, and 30 cases of jaundice in pregnancy were seen, giving an overall incidence of 0.4% or 1 in 239 deliveries. The disease is more commonly seen in younger age group.Parity has no exact relation with the disease.The commonest chief complaints associated with the disease found in this study were nausea, vomiting, high coloured urine, malaise and pruritus. Viral hepatitis was found to the commonest cause, HEV infection being the commonest, and associated with high maternal and perinatal mortality. GJMR-E Classification : NLMC Code: W 791, WI 703 StudyofJaundiceinPregnancy Strictly as per the compliance and regulations of: Online ISSN: 2249-4618 & Print ISSN : 0975-5888