Cigarette smoking, active or passive, is related to adverse perinatal outcome, and
affects breastfeeding. It increases risks of spontaneous abortions, preterm delivery, low
birthweight, malformations, placenta previa, abruption. The aim
of our study was to evaluate
whether cigarette smoking has influence to perinatal outcome. Material
: newborns and their
mothers admitted to Gynecology&Obstetric Clinic, Skopje, Macedonia. Methods
:
epidemiological, clinical, statistical. Our results
showed high influence of the cigarette smoking
to some indicators of perinatal outcome (prematurity, low birthweight, Apgar scores). These
finding derive conclusion
that cigarette smoking is the most frequent and completely preventable
risk factor for the adverse neonatal outcome.
Key words: newborn, cigarette smoke, outcome, prematurit
