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<jats:p>OBJECTIVE: To determine the frequency of transient hyperthyroidism in patients with hyperemesisgravidarum admitted in the obstetrics and gynaecology ward in Ayub Teaching Hospital Abbottabad.MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study has been conducted in Department of obstetrics andGynecology, Ayub Teaching Hospital Abbottabad for a period of 6 months. It was a prospectiveobservational study conducted over a period of 6 months f from15th Dec 2015 to 15th of June 2016.RESULTS: Our study shows that mean age was 29 years with SD ± 8.27. 68 % of patients were primipara while 32% patients were multi para. Mean gestational age was 12 weeks with SD ± 3.71. Meanduration of condition was 6 weeks with SD ± 2.57. The frequency of ttransient hyperthyroidism was 6%CONCLUSION: Our study concludes that the frequency of transient hyperthyroidism was 6% inpatients of hyperemesis gravidarum admitted in the obstetrics wards in Ayub teaching hospital.</jats:p>