scholarly journals Influence of SARS-CoV-2 acute respiratory viral disease on pregnancy and childbirth

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 15-18
Author(s):  
S.М. Turyanytsya ◽  
O.O. Korchins’ka ◽  
A.V. Sabova ◽  
O.A. Baloga ◽  
V.O. Petrov
Keyword(s):  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Neonatal Period ◽  
Viral Disease ◽  
Maternity Hospital ◽  
Clear Correlation ◽  
Pregnancy And Childbirth ◽  
Early Neonatal Period ◽  
Term Newborns ◽  
Acute Respiratory Viral Infection ◽  
Physiological Childbirth

Acute Respiratory Viral Disease SARS - CoV2 - 19 is a new poorly understood disease with an unpredictable course. This article is devoted to the analysis of coronavirus disease and its impact on the condition of newborns.The objective: to identify and investigate the relationship between the detected and revealed SARS-CoV-2 disease and the course of pregnancy and childbirth, dependence on the term in which the diagnosis was established and the consequences of the disease on the course of pregnancy, childbirth and the condition of newborns; to investigate the frequency of detected complications during pregnancy and the peculiarities of the course of pregnancy with combined pathology.Materials and methods. We analyzed 57 stories of pregnancy and childbirth of women who were admitted to the Uzhgorod City Maternity Hospital in the period from May 2020 to January 2021 with a positive result of the SARS-CoV-2 PLR study.Results. Of 57 patients, pregnancy is ongoing in 18 women, and in 39 it has already ended. Of these, 17 (29.8%) women had vaginal physiological childbirth, 21 (36.8%) women had pathological course of labor, of which 16 (28%) patients underwent cesarean section. In general, 34 pregnant women (59.6%) were asymptomatic. A mild course of the disease was in 20 pregnant women (35%), and a severe course was in three patients (5.2%). As a result of 39 births, 41 children were born (two biochorial twins). Of these, 38 children were born alive (92.7%), stillborn - 4 (5.3%). 31 children were born on time (81.6%). The physiological course of the early neonatal period was observed in all full-term newborns. Perinatal loss was observed in three women at 23, 25 and 28 weeks.Conclusions. In children born of mothers with COVID-19, there was no increase in the frequency of the pathological course of the early neonatal period or detected signs of acute respiratory viral infection. It was also found that there is no clear correlation between the severity of the course of coronavirus infection and complications in pregnant women. So, with a relatively easy mile, even an asymptomatic course, threatening complications were observed, since premature detachment of a normally located placenta was evident, but there was no clear correlation between coronavirus, while with a moderate course of pregnancy, we observed a fairly good result of delivery. The sample of patients is very small and does not allow us to draw definitive conclusions about the effect of coronavirus on pregnancy and fetal health. But these data give us the basis for the next studies on the influence of the new SARS-CoV-2 virus on the course of the gestational process, childbirth and the condition of newborns.

Pregnancy-related health information behaviour of Estonian women

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kadri Ojaperv ◽  
Sirje Virkus
Keyword(s):  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Maternity Hospital ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Pregnancy And Childbirth ◽  
Related Information ◽  
Search For Information

Purpose This study aims to increase the understanding of the pregnancy-related information behavior (IB) of pregnant women in Estonia. Design/methodology/approach The research involved a quantitative research methodology consisting of a semi-structured questionnaire. Data was collected from pregnant Estonian women through a self-administered Web-based questionnaire using a convenience sampling during the period from January to February 2019. A total of 300 pregnant women answered the questionnaire. The data were analysed using statistical analysis and the results of the study were compared with the results of previous studies. Findings The three topics on which information was most frequently sought were: fetal development, use of medicines during pregnancy and symptoms of pregnancy. The main sources of information were the internet and the midwife. The most reliable and valuable source of information was a midwife. Health-related information was sought mainly because it helped women make decisions related to pregnancy and childbirth. A number of factors facilitate the information seeking process. In addition, widespread access to the internet and technological skills facilitated IB. The following factors hindered the search for information: the controversy and/or ambiguity of information published on the internet and the time spent searching for information. Most women used wearable technologies during pregnancy. Research limitations/implications This study has several limitations. First, the weakness of online surveys is the potential lack of representativeness, as it excludes from the survey those who do not have access to or ability to use the internet for various reasons (Evans and Mathur, 2005; Limbu et al., 2021). Second, as most recruitment for the study took place online, there was a risk that those who did not use the internet could be excluded from the survey. Third, as the questionnaire was also shared in the Facebook news feed by the Women’s Clinic and Maternity Hospital of the East Tallinn Central Hospital, it may be that the respondents recruited through it more often used the support provided by medical professionals. Fourth, due to the volume limits of the study, it is not possible to present all the results of the study on the basis of socio-demographic characteristics and stage of pregnancy. Therefore, the findings cannot be generalized to the broader population and future studies should explore a larger and more representative populations. Practical implications This study will give some useful information to help to improve the services offered for pregnant women in Estonia. Social implications The findings of this study may inform how to better support this target group. Originality/value There is a lack of research in Estonia that focuses on the IB of pregnant women and this research fills this gap.

Frequency and weight of complications of pregnancy and childbirth at women with tuberculosis of various localization in Krasnoyarskiy kraY

2014 ◽  
Vol 63 (3) ◽  
pp. 58-65
Author(s):  
Svetlana Anatolyevna Vetushenko ◽  
Tatyana Grigoryevna Zakharova
Keyword(s):  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Premature Birth ◽  
Clinical Manifestations ◽  
Perinatal Outcomes ◽  
Maternity Hospital ◽  
Obstetric Complications ◽  
Medical Monitoring ◽  
Pregnancy And Childbirth ◽  
Prevention And Treatment

The purpose of researches - to reveal clinical manifestations of obstetric complications at pregnant women with tuberculosis of various localization on the basis of results of medical monitoring, and also to establish the complications of fetoplatsentarny insufficiency taking place in the studied period, at pregnant women with tuberculosis according to localizations of tubercular process. During medical monitoring stories of families of 210 women with tuberculosis of various localization and a condition of their newborns during 2006-2013 on the basis of interdistrict maternity hospital N 4 of Krasnoyarsk, profiled on this pathology are analysed. As a result of the analysis of structure of obstetric complications at women with tuberculosis in the territory of Krasnoyarsk Kray it is established: from 210 pregnant women at 76 there were no complications; at 133 pregnant women with FPN clinical manifestations are noted it are 43 cases of a hypoxia of a fruit, 31 cases of SZRP, 14 cases of SZRP with a hypoxia, thus clinical manifestations were accompanied by lack of water and abundance of water at the level of 22 and 4 cases respectively; in the same group the increase in number of complications of pregnancy by a preeklampsiya, anomalies of patrimonial activity, premature birth at the level of 51, 16 and 28 cases respectively is looked through. From only 133 pregnant women with placentary insufficiency 11 cases of childbirth without clinical manifestations of FPN are noted. The revealed number of clinical manifestations of placentary insufficiency and other complications of pregnancy says that at pregnant women with a disease of tuberculosis these indicators many times is more, than at pregnant women without disease of tuberculosis. The established structure of obstetric complications at pregnant women with tuberculosis of various localization highlighted prevalence of FPN proceeding with heavy clinical manifestations, such as SZRP, the fruit hypoxia, and also revealed most often meeting complications of pregnancy, such as a preeklampsiya, abnormal patrimonial activity, premature birth. It is the indication for development of effective measures of prevention and treatment of these complications, their forecasting from early terms of pregnancy for improvement of perinatal outcomes.

FETUS STATE ASSESSMENT AND PECULIARITIES OF NEONATAL PERIOD COURSE IN CHILDREN BORN TO WOMEN OF LATE REPRODUCTIVE AGE IN THE CHECHEN REPUBLIC

2021 ◽  
Vol 100 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-66
Author(s):  
Kh.M. Omarova ◽  
◽  
E.S.-A. Ibragimova ◽  
T.Kh.-M. Khashayeva ◽  
I.Kh. Magomedova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blood Flow ◽  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Neurological Disorders ◽  
Neonatal Period ◽  
Reproductive Technologies ◽  
The State ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Fetal Blood ◽  
Early Neonatal Period ◽  
Brain Artery

Objective of the research: conduct a Doppler ultrasound (DUS) assessment of utero-placentalfetal blood flow and the condition of newborns in the early neonatal period from women of the late reproductive period (LRP), depending on the parity of delivery, using the example of women in the Chechen Republic. Material and methods: retrospective multicenter study. DUS assessment of the state of utero-placental-fetal blood flow and the state of newborns in the early neonatal period was performed in 95 pregnant women, including: group 1–35 primiparous of LRP and their 35 newborns, group 2 – 35 multi-pregnant (MP) of LRP and their 35 newborns. The 3 control group included 25 healthy pregnant women aged 18 to 25 years and their 25 newborns. DUS was performed on Aloka SD SSD 3500 device (Japan), and a transvaginal sensor was used if necessary. Newborns were assessed on the APGAR score at 1 and 5 minutes after birth. Of the instrumental methods for examining newborns, brain ultrasound examination (neurosonography) was used. Results: analyzing the DUS results of LRP pregnant, depending on the labor parity, it was found that in the 1st group there was an increase in resistance in both uterine arteries (61%), an increase in the resistance index and pulsation index, a decrease in diastolic blood flow, characteristic of arteries with high resistance. Hemodynamic parameters in the mid-brain artery (MBA) of the fetus remained normal in all pregnant women. LRP women often born children in a state of asphyxia, with neurological disorders, and these children often has more complex postnatal adaptation and concomitant pathology. Among LRP women, primiparous has significantly more severe disorders. Conclusion: the data of uteroplacental fetal blood flow of the 1st group correspond to blood flow disorders of the IA degree, which indirectly indicates a compensatory reaction of the vascular system of uteroplacental fetal blood flow, as well as the absence of a tendency to an increase in the severity of fetoplacental insufficiency. It is possible that high incidence of neurological disorders in children born to LRP women is associated with age-related changes in their germ cells, use of assisted reproductive technologies, intake of hormonal drugs at an early stage of pregnancy and environmental factors associated with iodine deficiency in the region which includes the North Caucasus.

scholarly journals DERMATOSES IN THE EARLY NEONATAL PERIOD: THEIR ASSOCIATION WITH NEONATAL, OBSTETRIC AND DEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES

2019 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 297-304
Author(s):  
Elisa Maria Michels Krüger ◽  
Fernanda Sinkos ◽  
Julia Feldmann Uhry ◽  
Julio Cesar Bezerra De Boni ◽  
Cristina Terumi Okamoto ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gestational Age ◽  
Neonatal Period ◽  
Female Gender ◽  
Maternity Hospital ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Predominately White ◽  
Vernix Caseosa ◽  
Early Neonatal Period ◽  
High Prevalence

ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the prevalence of neonatal dermatoses in the early neonatal period and to associate them with neonatal, demographic and obstetric variables. Methods: A cross-sectional study with neonates and their respective mothers, who were hospitalized in a public maternity hospital in Curitiba, PR, Brazil. Data collection was performed using information present in the medical records and a physical examination of the newborn during the period between April 2015 and May 2016. Results: 350 neonates were evaluated. 54.8% were male, and 94.8% (332/350) presented a dermatosis. Among them, 84.6% had, concomitantly, two or more dermatoses. A total of 23 types of dermatoses were diagnosed. The most prevalent were: sebaceous hyperplasia (66%); fluff (42.6%); and salmon patches (41.4%). The mean age of the mothers was 24.9±4.9 years old, and they were predominately white (57.7%). Vernix caseosa was associated with the female gender (p=0.034). Nonwhite mothers were associated with genital hyperpigmentation (p=0.03) and Mongolian spots (p=0.001). Physiological flaking was associated with cesarean deliveries (p=0.03) and a gestational age of over 40 weeks (p=0.054). Salmon patches was associated with primiparity (p=0.0001). Conclusions: There was a high prevalence of neonatal dermatosis in the studied population. Each newborn had, on average, three different dermatoses. Dermatosis in neonates was associated with primiparity, nonwhites, a gestational age of over 40 weeks, and the sex of the newborn.

C reactive protein and procalcitonin: Reference intervals for preterm and term newborns during the early neonatal period

2011 ◽  
Vol 412 (11-12) ◽  
pp. 1053-1059 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudio Chiesa ◽  
Fabio Natale ◽  
Roberto Pascone ◽  
John F. Osborn ◽  
Lucia Pacifico ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Neonatal Period ◽  
Reference Intervals ◽  
C Reactive Protein ◽  
Reactive Protein ◽  
Early Neonatal Period ◽  
Term Newborns

scholarly journals Social characteristics of minor pregnant women who decided to keep the baby, in a metropolis (by the example of St. Petersburg)

2015 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-28
Author(s):  
Evgeny Sergeevich Mikhailin
Keyword(s):  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Maternity Hospital ◽  
Social Aspects ◽  
Social Characteristics ◽  
City Center ◽  
Pregnancy And Childbirth ◽  
Single Parent Families ◽  
The Social ◽  
Antenatal Detection ◽  
The City

The article presents the social characteristics of minor pregnant women who gave birth in SPbSBI “Maternity Hospital N 10”, where there is the city Center for management of pregnancy and childbirth in minors “Little Mother”. According to our data, the most important social aspects of pregnancy among minors were earlier onset of sexual activity (14,5 ± 1,5 years), low educational level and social status, single-parent families and personal disorder. Late registration in the regional policlinic promotes late antenatal detection and impossibility of the prevention of pregnancy complications. The obtained results are generally consistent with those of other authors, also pointing to the low social and economic level of life and accident of early pregnancies in minors female.

A Case of Congenital Glucose Galactose Malabsorption with a New Mutation in the SLC5A1 Gene

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hasan Akduman ◽  
Dilek Dilli ◽  
Serdar Ceylaner
Keyword(s):  
Mutation Analysis ◽  
Autosomal Recessive ◽  
Glucose Transporter ◽  
Neonatal Period ◽  
Autosomal Recessive Disorder ◽  
Homozygous Mutation ◽  
New Mutation ◽  
Early Neonatal Period ◽  
Sodium Dependent ◽  
Hypernatremic Dehydration

AbstractCongenital glucose-galactose malabsorption (CGGM) is an autosomal recessive disorder originating from an abnormal transporter mechanism in the intestines. It was sourced from a mutation in the SLC5A1 gene, which encodes a sodium-dependent glucose transporter. Here we report a 2-day-old girl with CGGM who presented with severe hypernatremic dehydration due to diarrhea beginning in the first hours of life. Mutation analysis revealed a novel homozygous mutation NM_000343.3 c.127G > A (p.Gly43Arg) in the SLC5A1 gene. Since CGGM can cause fatal diarrhea in the early neonatal period, timely diagnosis of the disease seems to be essential.

Epidemiological Characterization of the Infection by Treponema Pallidum in Pregnant Women in Beira City, Sofala, Mozambique

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nchowela Guido
Keyword(s):  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Congenital Syphilis ◽  
Health Centre ◽  
Treponema Pallidum ◽  
Timely Manner ◽  
Pregnancy And Childbirth ◽  
Epidemiological Characterization ◽  
Active Syphilis ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

Introduction: Syphilis is one of several diseases that can be transmitted during pregnancy and childbirth, which can lead to complications during pregnancy and in the newborn. This is especially so when the pregnant woman is not diagnosed or treated properly and in a timely manner. Methodology: Data from 262 pregnant women prospectively included, aged 18-41years, attended at the Ponta Gêa Health Centre for antenatal clinics has been analyzed from January to September of 2016. In the prospective study, a rapid treponemal and a non-treponemal test were performed. A structured questionnaire was used to collect socio demographic and clinical variables, which was developed from the literature review. Results: The prevalence of active syphilis was 11.8%; the majority of reactive pregnant women were aged 18-25years (55.4%), (61.3%) of pregnant women were treated with doses below those recommended; only a small number of the partners were treated successfully. The highest seroprevalence of syphilis was found in housewives (77%), in those who attended primary education (71.6%) in those who had a monthly income of 1000- 3000 MZN (70.3%), in those with two or more pregnancies (55.7%) and living with someone has husband and wife (63.5%). The syphilis/HIV co-infection rate was high. Conclusion: According to the results obtained in this study, urgent measures are needed to assess the problems encountered and to improve the screening approach, treatment and monitoring of syphilis during pregnancy in order to prevent the cases of congenital syphilis.

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