EFFECTS OF URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS DURING PREGNANCY AND FETUS HEALTH IN TIRANA GYNECOLOGICAL HOSPITALS

Urinary tract infecions (UTI) are the most perinatal common complications, which affect approximately 8% of pregnancies. UTIs are mainly associated with increased maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality, especially when the urinary infection is asymptomatic. It is also noticed that an increase in the number of premature births and low birth weight babies could be as a result of UTI-s. They appear as asymptomatic bacteremia of pregnancy, asymptomatic acute cystitis, pyelonephrytis, etc. The aim of this study is to evaluate the incidence, prevalence and prevention of UTI in pregnant women of Albania. During 2023, in the gynecological/obstetrical hospital “Queen Geraldine” of Tirana, out of 731 pregnant women admitted to the department of high-risk pregnancies, 56 of them were diagnosed with UTI, while 234 of them were diagnosed with a high risk of premature birth because of the urinary infections. The results of this study show that early diagnosis and treatment of these urinary infections during pregnancy reduces the incidence of pyelonephritis, premature births, and low birth weight babies.