IMPACT OF ANEMIA IN PREGNANT WOMEN ON EARLY NEONATAL ADAPTATION

• Main Authors: M. Yu. Galaktionova, D. A. Maiseenko, V. F. Kapitonov, O. A. Shurova, A. V. Pavlov
• Format: Article
• Language: Russian
• Published: Ltd. “The National Academy of Pediatric Science and Innovation” 2017-01-01
• Series: Rossijskij Vestnik Perinatologii i Pediatrii
• Subjects: anemia in pregnant women; neonates; hypotrophy; adaptation period
• Online Access: https://www.ped-perinatology.ru/jour/article/view/415

Objective: to evaluate the impact of anemia in pregnant women on the formation of an early neonatal adaptation period. The investigation enrolled 84 mother-baby pairs followed up at a Krasnoyarsk maternity hospital. Group 1 consisted of 40 infants born to pregnant women with grade 1 anemia; Group 2 included 19 babies born to mothers with grade 2 anemia. A control group comprised 25 babies born to somatically healthy non-anemic pregnant women. The incidence of transient conditions, signs of physiological immaturity, as well as changes in motor activity and tendon reflexes was significantly higher in the infants whose mothers were anemic during pregnancy. It is concluded that anemia in pregnant women has a considerable impact on neonatal health. These children have more commonly hemorrhagic-ischemic CNS disorders, which may lead to further psychomotor and speech retarded.