Perinatal injuries of the fetal nervous system and contributory factors

The issue of perinatal injury of the central nervous system and birth trauma draws close attention of various specialists.

The objective: to identify the effect of extragenital pathology of the pregnant woman and obstetric factors on the formation of perinatal CNS injuries and traumatic injuries of the newborn.

Materials and methods. The authors studied ante- and intranatal risk factors for perinatal CNS  damage and birth trauma in 183 babies in severe or moderately severe condition (main group) born in the City Clinical Perinatal Center in 2011–2017. There were assessed the clinical manifestations and results of instrumental studies. The control group was formed by the case – control type of 183 women in labor and their children without birth injuries.

The results. There were revealed the most significant risk factors for the formation of perinatal CNS injury and birth trauma of the newborn: a high frequency of pregnancy complications (100%), extragenital diseases (90.2%), urogenital infections (33.3%), umbilical cord pathology (33.3%) and other complications of labor (42.1%).

The conclusion. The complications of pregnancy and childbirth, extragenital diseases, urogenital infections contribute to the frequency of perinatal CNS damage and development of birth trauma.

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