This article presents the data about the unsatisfactory quality of iodine prevention of pregnant women from Saratov region, about iodine poor consumption of mothers (ioduria median line 115,5 ug/l at recommended definitions 150-249 ug/l by the experts of World Health Organization) against inadequate low preventive dose of iodine medications, and about high frequency of maternal hypothyroxinemia (55,7%) and associated with it complications during pregnancy child bearing, defects of fetus condition and health of newborns. It was indicated that preventive acceptance of potassium iodine in dosage with 250 ug/day resulted in the decrease of absolute risk by 12-47% and in 2-8 times of ratio of complications during pregnancy and child bearing, damages of adaptation and diseases of the newborns
Naumova Yu.V., Kurmacheva N.A., Rogozhina I.E. Health state of pregnant women and newborns depending on quality of iodine prevention // Saratov Journal of Medical Scientific Research, Vol. 6, Issue 3, 2010, pp. 535-540