Pregled bibliografske jedinice broj: 429127
Impacts of Environmental Toxics and of Meteorological Condition on Reproductive Loss and Stillbirth
Impacts of Environmental Toxics and of Meteorological Condition on Reproductive Loss and Stillbirth // Gynaecologia et perinatologia, 17 (2008), 3; 127-190 (međunarodna recenzija, članak, znanstveni)
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Naslov
Impacts of Environmental Toxics and of Meteorological Condition on Reproductive Loss and Stillbirth
Autori
Mohorović, Lucijan
Izvornik
Gynaecologia et perinatologia (1330-0091) 17
(2008), 3;
127-190
Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni
Ključne riječi
stillbirth; fetal preeclampsia; fossil fuels; oxidative stress; methemoglobinemia; meteorological conditions
(stillborn; methemoStillbirth; fetal preeclampsia; fossil fuels; oxidative stress; methemoglobinemia; meteorological conditions)
Sažetak
The aim of this review is to point out the excessive maternal exposure to environmental oxidants. We have reviewed the correlation between environmental toxics and local meteorological conditions as a contribution to the explanation of pregnancy loss and unexplained stillbirth. To confirm the incidence of reproductive loss, the population of pregnant women living near coal-powered thermoelectric power plant Plomin 1, in Labin, Croatia was taken into consideration. The data were processed by using the Chi-Square analysis and linear correlation tests. The Chi-square analysis showed that the frequencies of reproductive loss were significantly different (p=0.0369) between the "control" (N=4) and "exposure" periods ( N= 10) and that the frequencies of stilbirth with the increased amount of methemoglobin ( > 1, 5 g/L) in the exposure period were also statistically significant (p=0.0336) and that stillbirth significantly occurred only in the second half of pregnancy. The aimed and proposed continuous methemoglobin monitoring can indirectly explain the unrecognized excess of the level of fetal methemoglobin with its oxidative property and consequences. Meteorological conditions may support the explanation for the acute fail of fetal vital organs (expressed as "fetal preeclampsia" ) and stillbirth. This assumption requires further investigations that may lead to the confirmation of the relation between fetal methemoglobin and reproductive loss and death, frequently referred to as unexplained.
Izvorni jezik
Engleski
Znanstvena područja
Kliničke medicinske znanosti
