The role of angiogenesis factors and hormonal profile in pregnant women with arterial hypertension has not been detailed studied, and their interaction in such patients has not been determined at present time.The objective: to determine the features of angiogenesis factors and hormonal profile in pregnant women with arterial hypertension of the 1and 2 grade. Materials and methods. A prospective study was conducted in 88 pregnant women, which included: analysis of clinical and anamnestic characteristics and the study of pregnancy characteristics in women with chronic arterial hypertension (CAH) in the I trimester of pregnancy (11–12 weeks). The open prospective controlled study involved 61 pregnant women with CAH of the 1 and 2 stages which consisted the main group. The control group included 27 healthy pregnant women with physiological pregnancy. Concentrations of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), progesterone (PG), estradiol (E) and markers of angiogenesis – placental growth factor (PlGF) as a proangiogenic factor and soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase (sFlt-1) as an antiangiogenic factor were determined in the blood serum of all patients, sFlt-1/PGF ratio was also estimated (K). Statistical analysis was performed using «STATISTICA® for Windows 13.0».Results. In the I trimester of pregnancy in women with CAH, a shift in the balance between pro- and anti-angiogenic factors is determined, which is manifested by a statistically significant (p<0.05) increase sFlt-1 level (1700.9 pg/ml) and a decrease PlGF level in 3.7 times (9.1 pg/ml) and, accordingly, an increase K coefficient (sFlt-1/PlGF) by 5.3 times (184.5). The mean concentrations of E, PG and hCG in pregnant women of the main group did not differ statistically significantly from those in the control group. However, according to the results of the correlation analysis, PlGF and PG indicators have feedback in pregnant women with CAH (r=-0.29; p<0.05). When calculating the correlation of PlGF and hormones, it was found that in pregnant women with CAH there is their growth according to the control group, namely the indicator hCG correlates with PlGF (51.8 units vs. 14.8 units) 3.5 times, E correlates with PlGF (309.7 units vs. 70.0 units) 4.4 times and PG correlates with PlGF (4.8 units vs. 1.0 units) 4.8 times (p<0.001 for all indicators). These changes indicate the presence of angiogenesis disorders in pregnant women with chronic hypertension, starting from the I trimester of gestation.Conclusions. Pregnant women with CAH in the I trimester have disturbances in balance between pro-angiogenic and anti-angiogenic factors with prevalence of sFlt-1 and decrease of PlGF in blood serum. Because of such imbalance in pregnant women with CAH of the 1 and 2 grade, the interaction of angiogenesis factors and hormones changed from direct to inverse. It may lead to the development of placental dysfunction in the future, so treatment and prevention should be provided for the pregnant women with CAH in the I trimester.

The aim of the work is to evaluate the impact of physical therapy and preformed physical factors in pregnant women with chronic pyelonephritis on central hemodynamic indicators. Materials and methods. The dynamics of 134 pregnant women with chronic pyelonephritis (CP) in the remission stage, who underwent a complex sanatorium rehabilitation program, were examined. The main study group consisted of 79 pregnant women with chronic pyelonephritis. In this contingent of women, the sanatorium rehabilitation complex additionally included a course of intermittent normobaric hypoxytherapy (INH). The comparison group consisted of 55 pregnant women with CP, for whom the sanatorium rehabilitation complex did not include an INH course. The control group is represented by 37 somatically healthy women with a physiological course of pregnancy. All pregnant women were examined for central hemodynamic (CH) indicators using the computer diagnostic complex REOKOM (Kharkiv). Results. Pregnancy periods of 20–30 and 31–30 weeks in women with CP are characterized by a pathological load on central hemodynamics. At the same time, the application for the INH course in the sanatorium rehabilitation complex (the main group) allows for an increase in the compensatory capabilities of the pregnant woman with CH. Thus, in the period of pregnancy of 22–30 weeks in the main group, indicators of diastolic blood pressure and heart rate were probably lower than the control values (P < 0.001), which in this group is determined by values of peripheral resistance of blood vessels close to those of the control group (P > 0.05), regardless of the timing of the study. The study of CH and the comparison of different periods of gestation and between research groups indicate an inverse relationship between indicators that reflect the intensity of cardiohemodynamics and indicators of vascular resistance, as one of the final mechanisms of maintaining blood pressure at a physiological level, or its pathological increase in chronic pyelonephritis and preeclampsia Taking into account that the ratio of cardiac index indicators and total peripheral vascular resistance in all study groups was stable and directly dependent on the level of blood pressure, it is advisable to recommend for practical application in order to assess the state of CH of pregnant women with CP indicators of stroke or cardiac indices, which characterize the intensity cardiohemodynamics and do not depend on the anthropometric data of the pregnant woman. Conclusions. The application of physical therapy and preformed physical factors, namely, intermittent normobaric hypoxytherapy in pregnant women with chronic pyelonephritis in a complex program of sanatorium rehabilitation increases the compensatory capabilities of the cardiovascular system, which is confirmed by a significant decrease in the values of the total peripheral resistance against the background of an increase in the cardiac index.

The lack of effective methods to prevent the development of fetal growth retardation in high-risk pregnant women remains a significant problem of modern obstetrics, which determines the relevance of the study. The aim of the study was to examine the effectiveness of monoprophylaxis of fetal growth retardation using aspirin at a dose of 150 mg, starting at 12-13 weeks of gestation, pregnant women with chronic hypertension. In order to apply and implement the proposed prevention of fetal growth retardation, all pregnant women with chronic hypertension were divided into two groups. The patients were divided into groups randomly. To prevent the development of fetal growth retardation, patients in group A received acetylsalicylic acid at 150 mg/day, patients in group B received acetylsalicylic acid at 100 mg/day. Primary examination of pregnant women in a prospective study was performed during pregnancy 11-12 weeks in all groups, which included: history taking, general clinical examination, blood pressure measurement, obstetric and gynecological examination according to clinical protocols of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine № 417 from 15.07.2011, № 676 dated 31.12.2004. Clinical and instrumental examination was performed: blood pressure and ECG monitoring, Doppler examination. Childbirth and initial assessment of the condition of newborns were performed in accordance with the current orders of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine with the assessment of the condition on the Apgar scale and the result of anthropometry (determination of mass and growth rate). It was found that the age characteristics of the group of pregnant women did not differ statistically significantly: the average age of patients in group A reached 27.3±1.6 years, group B – 28.1±1.8 years. According to the obstetric and gynecological history, the women did not differ. It should be noted that statistically significant differences between the main group and the comparison group by the degree of chronic hypertension (grade 1 and 2) were not detected: 30 % of women in group A and 35 % of group B had chronic hypertension grade 1, 70 % and 65 %, respectively – chronic arterial hypertension of 2 degrees. Among the concomitant lesions in pregnant women were determined: obesity 8 women of group A (26.7 %), 8 people (25.8 %) of group B; varicose veins in 3 women (10.0 %) of group A, 4 people (12.9 %) of group B; pathology of the urinary system – in 2 cases (6.6 %) in group A and in 2 people (6.45 %) of group B; pathology of the thyroid gland – 2 women (6.6 %) of group A, and 1 person (3.22 %) of group B, anemia of pregnant women – in 4 women (13.3 %) of group A, and 4 people (12.9 %) of group B; chronic viral hepatitis C in remission in 1 woman of group B (3.22 %). As a result of the analysis of pregnancies and complications of childbirth, we found that the appointment of acetylsalicylic acid in addition to standard treatment of chronic arterial hypertension in accordance with clinical protocols at a dose of 150 mg/day helped reduce the incidence of disorders of uteroplacental and fetal circulation by 2.7 times, fetal growth retardation – by 8,8 times and small to gestational age fetus – 4.8 times compared with the results of patients who received acetylsalicylic acid at a dose of 100 mg/day.

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