چکیده مقاله
Therapeutic abortion refers to the termination of pregnancy before the life of the fetus, to preserve the mother's health or due to fetal abnormoalities In developed countries, therapeutic abortion is allowed for medical reasons with the permission of the government and is recognized as one of the safest procedures in medicine to preserve the mother's health The purpose of this study was to investigate the frequency of fetal geneticnabnormalities as reasons for issuing therapeutic abortion licenses in Ilam province between March 2022 and February 2023 Data of this cross sectional study collected from the files of 105 pregnant mothers who reffers to the legal medicine organization of Ilam province The analysis revealed that 67 cases resulted in therapeutic abortion due to fetal abnormalities The most common fetal abnormalities leading to therapeutic abortion were central nervous system anomaly 20 cases , Down syndrome 14 cases , beta thalassemia major 9 cases , and hydrops fetalis 6 cases The present study's findings highlight the crucial importance of genetic counseling and prenatal genetic testing to prevent the birth of children with genetic abnormalities and the associated treatment costs for both the family and government
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نویسندگان
Amin Bakhtiyari
Legal Medicine Research Center, Legal Medicine Organization, Tehran, Iran
Hanieh Bakhtiyari
Legal Medicine Research Center, Legal Medicine Organization, Tehran, Iran
شیوه ارجاع
Bakhtiyari, Amin and Bakhtiyari, Hanieh,1402,Therapeutic Abortion for Fetal Genetic Abnormalities,The 15th International Conference on Health, Treatment and Health Promotion
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