Vomiting during Pregnancy (Hyperemesis Gravidarum): Diagnostic Tests

Obligatory medical device diagnostics.

  • Abdominal sonography (ultrasound examination in pregnancy) – primarily to verify an intact pregnancy (exclusion of multiple pregnancy, trophoblastic disease, and neoplasia, if applicable)

Optional medical device diagnostics – depending on the results of the history, physical examination and mandatory laboratory parameters – for differential diagnostic clarification.

  • Magnetic resonance imaging of the skull (cranial MRI, cranial MRI or cMRI) – if neurological cause is suspected.
  • Magnetic resonance imaging (abdominal MRI) – if neoplasia (malignant neoplasms) or pathological (pathological) changes in the abdominal organs (abdominal organs) etc. are suspected.