Abstract:
Purpose of the study: evaluation of the anthropometric
parameters of newborns with realized perinatal transmission
of HIV.
Materials and methods: The article presents the analysis
of the main anthropometric parameters (length, weight, head
and chest circumference) of 147 infants born to HIV-infected
mothers who were divided into 2 groups of observation (with
realized and unrealized transmission of HIV).
Results: These results demonstrate that a reduction in
comparison with the normative parameters of anthropomet ric indicators such as body weight, head circumference and
chest circumference at birth, is a distinctive feature, sub stantiating intrauterine infection with HIV. Indicators body
length did not significantly deviate from the norm in both
groups observation that, apparently, was associated with a
short-term impact of HIV on the child body during pregnan cy
