Ciencias de la Salud
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Item “Determinación de colinesterasa eritrocitaria en mujeres de edad fértil y embarazadas expuestas a plaguicidas”(Universidad Técnica de Ambato - Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud - Carrera de Laboratorio Clínico, 2017-10-01) Cañar Robalino, Adriana Carolina; Bqf. Tinajero Vásquez, María FernandaThe increasing use of organophosphate insecticides in agriculture and in the interior of homes and schools poses a potential risk to health. As the use of these agents increases, acute and chronic exposure has become more common. Exposure of pregnant women to organophosphates is an important clinical entity due to its effects on two organisms; the mother and the fetus. The objective of this study was to determine erythrocyte cholinesterase levels in women of childbearing age and pregnant women who had exposure to pesticides. It was a descriptive study, which evaluated women of childbearing age and pregnant women who exhibit exposure to organophosphates. Among the group of women of childbearing age we can find that barely e1 0% presents low values without having exposure to pesticides, whereas 29.4% of pregnant women without pesticide exposure have presented low levels, despite the exposure in women of childbearing age 24.3% had adequate levels of erythrocyte cholinesterase only 3 out of 10 women of childbearing age with or without pregnancy and who had exposure to pesticides had low levels, it should be noted that the reference levels for pregnant women are lower compared to non-pregnant women. This study gives evidence of a drop in serum cholinesterase concentration in pregnant women. The influence of decreased cholinesterase in pregnancy may have been disproportionately greater in some women who have been exposed to a pesticide than other women in fertile age exposed and unexposed.