Influence of tobacco smoking on newborn's birth weight--analisys of dates concerning births from Maternity Hospital named. Dr S. Mossor's in Opole City

Despite wide education, tobacco smoking while being pregnant is very important issue in perinatology. It is important problem because of life style of polish society, including pregnant women. Clinical observation of this issue is pointing on risk of occurring pathology in pregnancy, unfavorable con...

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Published inPrzeglad lekarski Vol. 65; no. 10; p. 424
Main Authors Guzikowski, Wojciech, Pirogowicz, Iwona
Format Journal Article
LanguagePolish
Published Poland 2008
Subjects
Adult
Birth Weight
Causality
Comorbidity
Female
Fetal Growth Retardation - epidemiology
Humans
Infant, Low Birth Weight
Infant, Newborn
Poland - epidemiology
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications - epidemiology
Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects - epidemiology
Smoking - epidemiology
Poland
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Summary:Despite wide education, tobacco smoking while being pregnant is very important issue in perinatology. It is important problem because of life style of polish society, including pregnant women. Clinical observation of this issue is pointing on risk of occurring pathology in pregnancy, unfavorable consequences for neonate also many distant pathological effects among children. Purpose of this was getting an answer for question: whether in current social and economic situation there is connection between low birth mass and smoking tobacco during pregnancy. Under analysis were found births between 38th and 40th one hundred successive births (according to book of birth-room from 2860 labors in hospital in Opol, 2007) of mothers are smoking up to 10 cigarettes a day (group I), mothers smoking 11-20 cigarettes a day (group II) and mothers that are not smoking. This works affirms that smoking has negative influence on child birth mass. It is also displayed that higher the number of smoked cigarettes the higher percent of newborns with low birth mass and higher number o fetus with intrauterine growth retardation. Among mothers that are smoking the biggest group were young women (mean. 24, years) and multipara female (58%).
ISSN:0033-2240