PROFILE OF CARDIAC PREGNANT WOMEN: HIGH-RISK

Objective: To characterize cardiac pregnant women with high-risk pregnancies assisted in a secondary healthcare unit at the Third Regional Health Center of the state of Paraná, Brazil. Methods: Quantitative, documentary and retrospective study carried out from July to August 2016. The investigation...

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Main Authors: Claudia Felczak (Author), Ana Paula Xavier Ravelli (Author), Suellen Vienscoski Skupien (Author), Maria Helena Ricken (Author), Laryssa De Col Dalazoana Bayer (Author), Eva Aparecida Almeida (Author)
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Published: Universidade Federal do Paraná, 2018-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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Summary:Objective: To characterize cardiac pregnant women with high-risk pregnancies assisted in a secondary healthcare unit at the Third Regional Health Center of the state of Paraná, Brazil. Methods: Quantitative, documentary and retrospective study carried out from July to August 2016. The investigation used secondary data from health indicators originated at the Campos Gerais High-Risk Pregnancy Clinic. The database search was restricted to the period between October 2013 and June 2016. Sixty medical records of cardiac pregnant women were analyzed using two variables: cardiac diagnosis, and sociodemographic factors and obstetric antecedents. Results: The most common cardiac diagnosis was cardiac arrhythmia and the prevalent cardiovascular risk factor was systemic arterial hypertension. The profile of patients assisted in this unit was a woman from the Castro municipality, 26.4 years old on the average, married, with complete primary school and multigravida. Conclusion: The main cardiac diagnosis among the examined women was cardiac arrhythmia, which increases cesarean indexes and makes the work of nurses in prenatal care fundamental to minimize possible complications.
Item Description:10.5380/ce.v23i2.49605
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