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Acta
Medica Medianae
Vol. 43
Number 2, April, 2004
UDK 61
YU ISSN 0365-4478
Contact:
Aleksandra Stanković
Institut za
zaštitu zdravlja
Bulevar Dr Zorana Đinđića 50,
18000 Niš Srbija i Crna Gora
Tel.: 018/352-141,
e-mail:cekrk@medianis.net
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ASSESSMENT OF THE FREQUENCY OF THERAPY APPLICATION IN PREGNANCY DURING EXPOSURE
TO AIR POLLUTION
Aleksandra Stankovic,
Dragana Nikic,
Maja Nikolic,
Ljiljana Stosic
and
Suzana Milutinovic
Institut za zaštitu zdravlja u Nišu
Therapy application during pregnancy is determined by various pathological
conditions and the pregnant women's diseases. The most common occurences in
pregnancy where the application of therapy is necessary, are anemia,
hypertension, bleeding, etc. Exposure to air pollution during pregnancy can
influence such conditions to occur, which entails a more frequent use of
therapeutical preparations.
In this respect, the aim of this research is to assess the frequency of the
application of therapeutical preparations in pregnant women exposed to
significantly different concentrations of harmful materials in the air, and also
to determine a possible difference in the frequency of the application of
certain therapeutical substances.
The measurement of air pollutants, sulphur dioxide and soot in the air, was
carried out daily at two measuring locations, in Nis and Niska Banja.
The examinees were pregnant women, aged over 30, living in Nis, nonsmokers, of
good physical condition, who hadn't before pregnancy and profesionally been
exposed to harmful agents before pregnancy. Data on frequency of therapy
application during pregnancy were obtained from the medical records of tested
pregnant women, and were compared to the corresponding data from the control
group of pregnant women living in Niska Banja.
Research results have shown that the frequency of therapy application in
pregnancy is higher in pregnant women exposed to higher concentration of sulphur
dioxide and soot, as compared with pregnant women exposed to lower
concentrations of these agents, and that the most common indications requiring
therapy in all tested pregnant women were anemia, hypertension, and bleeding.
Acta Medica Medianae 2004; 43(2): 23‡28.
Key words: air pollution, pregnancy, therapy
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