Clinical, Toxicological and Environmental Aspects of Maternal and Child Health in the Light of Gender and Age Differences
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2025 | Viewed by 639
Special Issue Editors
2. Anatomy and Pathological Histology Unit, Dolo Hospital, Riviera XXIX Aprile, 2, 30031 Dolo, VE, Italy
Interests: sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS); sudden intrauterine unexplained death (SIUD); sudden death in the young (SD) and sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP); cardiorespiratory nuclei of brainstem; human fetus; infant neurodevelopment; neuropharmacology; translational medicine; cardiac innervation
Interests: anatomic pathology; cardiovascular pathology; autopsy for medical diagnostics; pathology of sudden unexpected death
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Dear Colleagues,
Some women will have or will develop psychiatric diseases during pregnancy, while other pregnant women are subjected to harmful environmental stimuli at work or external environments, and others are smokers or substances abusers. Taking psychotropics during gestation can lead to adverse perinatal and postnatal outcomes; however, psychotherapy in these women to stop medication presents new risks associated with untreated or inadequately treated mental illnesses, such as poor antenatal care, inadequate nutrition and increased use of alcohol and tobacco. However, all psychotropic drugs, numerous environmental toxicants and substances of abuse can cross the placenta, are present in the amniotic fluid, and can enter breast milk. The FDA, the Australian Drug Evaluation Committee and Micromedex, have classified drugs according to risk during pregnancy, but little has been done to study and produce drugs tailored for women, pregnant women and infants and adolescents. For example, on the basis of these classifications, benzodiazepines have been shown to be possibly teratogenic; however, they are still used for the treatment of anxiety, panic, seizures and insomnia. The International Pharmacopoeia reported an increased risk of intrauterine growth retardation, hypotonia, bradycardia, respiratory depression, a low Apgar score and preterm delivery for pregnant women taking fetal plasma drug concentrations equivalent to the therapeutic range of the maternal prescription. Very few data on sudden intrauterine death (SIUD) from intrauterine exposure to psychotropic drugs have been published. Most of the new drugs placed on the market are exclusively tested on a man of average age, male sex and normal weight, but maternal–fetal health and healthy childhood and adolescence are not protected in this way. Chemical and environmental toxicants’ effect on pregnant women also warrants detailed investigation.
Dr. Beatrice Paradiso
Dr. Giulia Ottaviani
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- pregnancy
- child
- drug
- placenta
- age and gender positivity
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Title: A Health Report of Children and Adolescents Victims of Sexual Exploitation
Authors: Hee-Sun Kim
Affiliation: Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Dongguk University Ilsan Hospital, Goyang 10326, Korea
Abstract: As children and adolescents are used to having mobile phones, it has been easy to access social media defenselessly. With these changes, the digital prostitution mediation and sexual exploitation of children and adolescents are increasing. Teenage Women’s Rights Center advocating the slogan “Stand Up Against Sex-Trafficking of Minors” is an organization that provides integrated support services such as counseling, legal support, and medical support for sexually exploited children and adolescents, and aims to contribute to the improvement of adult rights of teenagers. From 2016 to 2021, we have collected medical records with the consent of the center's clients and their parents and reported the health status of sexually exploited children and adolescents.
