Ethanol Consumption During Pregnancy: Its Relationship with the Appearance of Neonatal Dysmorphies and the Contractility of Human Umbilical Artery

Abstract

Introduction: maternal consumption of ethanol is one of the risk factors present during pregnancy. Complete dysmorphic manifestations and fetal alcohol syndrome only appear if maternal ethanol consumption is high. More often, the child suffers a partial presentation of this syndrome. Our objective was to explore the existence of associations between maternal ethanol consumption and the appearance of congenital defects and/or dysmorphies in neonates, studying as well the contractile properties of their umbilical arteries (UA), which have a prominent role in the regulation of fetoplacental blood flow.