EPIDEMIOLOGY OF URINARY SYSTEM DEFECTS IN CHILDREN OF NORTHERN BUKOVYNA

Abstract

The incidence and the dynamics of the frequency of congenital malformations of the urinary organs in the Chernivtsi region over the period from 2004 to 2008 have been studied. In newborns anomalies of the urinary system ranks fifth as far as prevalence is concerned (2,19‰). In prenatal diagnostics fetuses with anomalies of the urinary system occurred in women, living in the countryside – 66,7% of cases, namely, in the flat districts (34,9%) and fetuses of the male gender (63,5%). Urinary system abnormalities were detected mainly in the fetuses of women under 34 years of age (88,9%) during the first pregnancy (66,7%), accompanied with oligohydramnios (25,4%) and fetoplacental insufficiency (39,7%)