Features of flu course in pregnant women

Abstract

Objectives: to study the clinical features of the flu in pregnant women. Materials and methods: Laboratory analysis of 37 pregnant women with flu. Results and discussions: The age of studied women was from 17 to 33 years. Pregnancy terms: less than 12 weeks - 7 (18,9 %) cases; 13-20 weeks - 12 (32,4 %) cases (the I trimester); 21-29 weeks - 9 (24,3 %) cases (II trimester); 30-38 weeks - 10 (27,02 %) cases (III trimester). Flu at pregnant women proceeded with typical clinical manifestations. All patients presented fiever (up to 39 *C), weakness, and pain in different parts of yhe body. The sore throat was met in 35 (94,6 %) patients, cough in 36 (97,3 %), thorax pain at 5 (13,5 %) patients. The easy form of the flu was found in 33 (89,2 %); the heavy form in 4 (10,8 %) patients. In the III trimester of pregnancy flu proceeded more hard. Complications: bronchitis - 29 (78,3 %) cases, pneumonia - 5 (13,8 %) cases. The 4 pregnant women with H1N1 flu, complicated by hemorrhagic pneumonia, ended with a lethal outcome. Flu H1N1 was diagnosed in 4 patients, flu H3N2 in 4 patients and flu In in 1 patient. The average duration of hospitalisation was 5,6 days. General duration of the illness - 9,3 days. Conclusion: flu in pregnant women has typical clinical manifestations. Flu H1N1 presents most hard proceeds.