[Perinatal care for the fetus in women exposed to ionizing radiation after the Chernobyl nuclear plant accident]. / Perinatalnaia okhrana ploda u zhenshchin, prozhivaiushchikh v usloviiakh ioniziruiushchego izlucheniia v rezultate avarii na ChAES.

Thorough examination covered 114 pregnant women living in the second zone of radioactive pollution (Novozybkov town in Briansk region). Occurrence of miscarriage, late gestosis, intrauterine hypoxia and hypotrophia of fetus was higher vs. control. Laboratory studies helped to reveal underlying mechanisms of the stated conditions which are caused by compromised immunity and changes in fetoplacental system.

[Pregnancy and labor in women in the region of the accident at the Chernobyl Atomic Electric Power Station]. / Beremennost' i rody u zhenshchin v regione avarii na Chernobyl'skoi AES.

The authors analyze the tentative results of a multiprofile study, including a review of labor histories, examinations of pregnant women and parturients, measurements of fetoplacental hormones, study of the immunity status and microbiocenosis of the mothers and newborns, living in the first (up to 15 Ci/km2) and second (15 to 40 Ci/km2) zones of radioactive contamination. The detected shifts of a compensatory nature were found mostly in women living in the first zone. The disorders found in the women living in the second zone evidenced a decrease of the defense potential of the body, this necessitating nonspecific and correcting therapy during pregnancy, in labor and the postpartum period.