N. Bigiu, B. Pandi, O. Dimienescu, A. Pascu, I. Samota, L. Ples, M. Moga
Abstract: The term of maternal depletion syndrome (MDS) is frequently used to state the poor health of the mother and fetus in developing countries. The syndrome was assigned to the nutritional stress induced by successive and too close pregnancies and deliveries or by early pregnancies. MDS was studied in terms of two assumptions: poor nutritional status of large multiparous with a short interval between deliveries and early pregnancy, in which it exists a competition for nutrients to satisfy the maternal and fetal growth. An adequate availability of the macronutrients during the pregnancy is probably the only and most important factor that influences the course of pregnancy. Folic acid and iron are the key micronutrients involved in physiological processes during pregnancy. If the folic acid and iron status before the conceptions is weak, this can lead to multiple negative effects for both mother and fetal development. This paper is a review of physiopathology and studies from literature regarding the effects of the micronutrients depletion on the maternal and fetal body, in the context of maternal depletion syndrome.
DOI:10.18643/gieu.2015.98
Keywords: maternal depletion syndrome, nutritional status, short interval between deliveries, early pregnancies.