This work was conducted on 60 pregnant women. Twenty full term
normal pregnant women without premature rupture of membranes and
with true labour pains (as a control group), 20 pregnant women with preterm
labour and 20 frill term pregnant women with prelabour spontaneous
rupture of membranes.
This work was done to study the relationship and role of calcium, magnesium
and the trace elements, zinc and copper in pregnant women with
preterm labour and those with premature spontaneous rupture of membranes.
Maternal serum levels of calcium, magnesium, zinc and copper
were measured in the three groups. In addition, their levels were also
measured in the foetal membrane in cases with prelabour spontaneous
rupture of membranes and the control group.
The maternal serum levels of calcium, magnesium, zinc and copper,
were statistically significantly decreased in cases with prelabour spontaneous
rupture of membranes compared with the control group. Also a significant
decrease in maternal serum levels of calcium, magnesium and
zinc was found in cases with preterm labour compared withthe control
group, but there was no statistical significant change in the serum copper
levels.
The foetal membrane levels of calcium, magnesium and copper, were
significantly decreased in cases with prelabour spontaneous rupture of
membranes compared with the control group, but the foetal membrane
zinc showed no significant decrease. |
