RESULTS OF EXPECTANT WOMEN´S CARE WITH SEVERE PREECLAMPSY IN VILLA CLARA (2009-2010)

• Main Authors: Juan Antonio Suárez González (Author), Alexis Corrales Gutiérrez (Author), María Rosa Cabrera Delgado (Author), Mario Gutiérrez Machado (Author), Isdekys Milián Espinosa (Author), Juan Carlos Ojeda Blanco (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Villa Clara, 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z.
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Summary

<p><strong>Introduction:</strong> Preeclampsia represents a risk for the mother and for the product of the conception. <strong>Objectives:</strong> To describe the results of the expectant women´s care with severe preeclampsia in Villa Clara during 2009 and 2010 years.</p> <p><strong>Methods:</strong> A descriptive study of transversal type was carried out in 238 expectant women admitted at the special perinatal care´s ward of the Gynecological and Obstetric University Hospital "Mariana Grajales", who were diagnosed with severe preeclampsia between January, 2009 and December, 2010.</p> <p><strong>Results:</strong> A number of 109 women (71,0 %), between 20 and 35 years old were diagnosed with severe preeclampsia. The average age was of 27, 3 years and nulliparity predominated (60,51 %). The 47,90 % of expectant women gave birth before the 37 weeks of pregnancy and the 43,27 % had newly born with a weight inferior to 2500 g; 15 of them weight less than 1000 grams (6,30 %).The were no considerable  maternal and perinatal complications. The main maternal complications were persistent hypertension during puerperium (13,02 %) and retroplacental hematoma (9,24 %); as well  as, main neonatal complications were low birth weight in 43,27 %, hypocalcaemia in 17,64 % and sepsis in 8,40 %. During this period there were not reported maternal deaths in the province.</p> <strong>Conclusions:</strong> Severe preeclampsia care resulted in a minimum of maternal and perinatal complications and it was an important factor for the preservation of mother´s life with this suffering.

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