The study of mucociliary clearance duration in pregnant women

Abstract

During pregnancy the work of many organs and systems is changes. This changes lead to the appearance of qDuring pregnancy the work of many organs and systems is changes. During pregnancy, numerous physiological changes occur in the organism of a woman: many organs and systems change their operation, which results in qualitatively new conditions characteristic only for gestation period. The paper provides the analysis of specific characteristics of duration of nasal mucociliary clearance in the pregnant women. The objective of the study is the analysis of Anderson saccharine test duration in pregnant women. The study covered pregnant women observed at the outpatient consultation room of Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University at the period from September to November 2017. The study covered 34 pregnant women aged 25-41 years (31.2±1.1) at gestational age of 4 to 36 weeks and 10 non-pregnant women aged 23 to 42 years (32.5±1.5). The study included the assessment of complaints, history taking, otorhinolaryngological examination, the change of mucociliary clearance duration. The analysis of the average duration of mucociliary transport in the group of pregnant women with vasomotor rhinitis has proven that the average duration was 25.8 ± 11.4 min, in the allergic rhinitis group the mucociliary transport duration was 31.2 ± 4.6 min. In the healthy pregnant group this indicator averaged 14.5±4.5 minutes, which is reliably lower than in the study group (p ≤ 0.05). In the group of non-pregnant women, this index was reliably lower than in the pregnant group and averaged 12.2±1.2 min (p ≤ 0.05).