AI Article Synopsis
- The study examined how anemia affects perinatal outcomes like preterm delivery (PTD) and low birth weight (LBW) in pregnant women over different stages of pregnancy.
- Researchers analyzed medical records from 39,587 Turkish women who delivered between January 2011 and September 2014, comparing outcomes based on hemoglobin levels categorized into three groups.
- Results showed that women with severe anemia (Hb <10 g/dl) had significantly higher rates of LBW, PTD, and cesarean sections throughout pregnancy compared to non-anemic women.
Article Abstract
Objective: To investigate the effect of anemia on perinatal outcomes as preterm delivery (PTD) and low birth weight (LBW) in the different stages of pregnancy.
Methods: Medical records of 39,587 Turkish pregnant women who delivered between January 2011 and September 2014 were reviewed. Anemia during pregnancy was defined as hemoglobin (Hb)< 11 g/dl, low birth weight was defined as birth weight <2500 gr and PTD was defined as <37 weeks. The pregnant women were divided into three groups (Hb<10 gr/dl, Hb 10-11 gr/dl, Hb>11 gr/dl). Perinatal outcomes were compared between these anemic and non-anemic groups.
Results: The anemia prevalence in our study was 25.1%. In the first and second trimester of Hb<10g/dl group LBW ratio was significantly higher (respectively 13.5%, 9.8%, p=0.03; 22.7%, 14.7%, p=0.01). In the second and third trimesters of Hb<10 g/dl group PTD ratio was significantly higher (respectively 29.1%, 19%, p=0.00; 17.7%, 15.4% p=0.02). In the first trimester Hb<10 g/dl group cesarean section rate was significantly higher (respectively 65.2%, 57.6%, p = 0.01).
Conclusions: LBW infants and preterm birth rate was higher in Hb <10 gr/dl group than non-anemic in the first, second and third trimester. Hb <10 gr/dl group had higher cesarean rate in first trimester. The mean birth weight was significantly lower in anemic pregnant women in the second trimester. Preterm birth and cesarean section rate, in the group of anemic throughout pregnancy was higher than those of non-anemic in the whole pregnancy period.
Download full-text PDF |
Source |
|---|---|
| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5216281 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.12669/pjms.326.11199 | DOI Listing |
Publication Analysis
Top Keywords
Similar Publications
Abnormal characteristics of inferior vena cava and abdominal aorta among neonates with early onset septic shock.
Ital J Pediatr
January 2025
Department of Neonatology, Shanghai Children's Medical Center, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao tong University, Shanghai, China.
Background: The variety of shocks in neonates, if not recognized and treated immediately, is a major cause for fatality. The use of echocardiography may improve assessment and treatment, but its reference values across gestational age (GA) and birth weight (BW) are lacking. To address the information gap, this study aimed at correlating GA and BW of newborns with nonhemodynamic abnormalities, and at evaluating the usefulness of such reference values in neonates with early onset septic (EOS) -shock.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNeonatal unit admission and offspring mental health trajectories across childhood and adolescence: a nationally representative UK cohort study.
BMJ Paediatr Open
January 2025
Division of Psychiatry, University College London, London, UK
Objective: To investigate the associations between neonatal unit admission (NNU) and subsequent emotional and behavioural difficulties during childhood and adolescence.
Design: Longitudinal general population cohort study.
Setting: The Millennium Cohort Study: nationally representative UK-based cohort.
Optimizing Diabetes-in-Pregnancy Outcomes Requires a Care Continuum.
Am J Perinatol
January 2025
Center for Advanced Research Training and Innovation, Center for Birth Defects Research, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
This study aimed to assess the strengths, limitations, opportunities, and threats presented by diabetes-in-pregnancy. We review the improvements in maternal and fetal mortality since the advent of insulin therapy, evaluate current health challenges, and identify opportunities for preventing increased mortality due to diabetes-in-pregnancy. Prior to 1922, women with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) of childbearing age were discouraged from becoming pregnant as the maternal and fetal/neonatal mortality rates were extremely high.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCase-control study on long-term kidney outcomes in very low birth weight infants: impact of growth restriction and maternal preeclampsia.
J Pediatr (Rio J)
January 2025
Universidade de Caxias do Sul, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Saúde, Caxias do Sul, RS, Brazil; Universidade de Caxias do Sul, Área do Conhecimento de Ciências da Vida, Caxias do Sul, RS, Brazil; Hospital Geral de Caxias do Sul, Caxias do Sul, RS, Brazil.
Objective: To identify factors, particularly neonatal acute kidney injury, associated with an increased risk of developing chronic kidney disease (CKD) within the first 10 years of life in children with a history of prematurity and very low birth weight (VLBW).
Methods: This nested case-control study was conducted on VLBW infants (> 500 g and < 1.500 g) born between 2012 and 2022.
Earlier pregnancies in nulliparous women with current father and lower risks for preeclampsia and low-birth weight newborns.
J Reprod Immunol
January 2025
Institute of Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland; Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Kuopio University Hospital, PL 100, Kuopio 70029, Finland. Electronic address:
New paternity has been related to placenta-associated complications in pregnancy. We evaluated whether a lack of earlier pregnancies or deliveries with a current father are associated with the pregnancy, prenatal, and early neonatal outcomes after controlling for the most common maternal confounders in prospective birth cohort study. An online questionnaire was used to survey 4459 pregnant women from the Kuopio Birth Cohort in their third trimester.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWant AI Summaries of new PubMed Abstracts delivered to your In-box?
Enter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!