Epidemiology of pregnancy - specific hypertensive disease in Amazonia and its Perinatal impact - analysis from 2015 to 2016
International Journal of Development Research
Epidemiology of pregnancy - specific hypertensive disease in Amazonia and its Perinatal impact - analysis from 2015 to 2016
Received 22nd November, 2018; Received in revised form 29th December, 2018; Accepted 14th January, 2019; Published online 27th February, 2019
Copyright © 2019, Hassan Musa Mohammad Aldaw. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
The objective of this study is to characterize the epidemiological, clinical and obstetric profile of puerperae with the pregnancy-induced hypertension and its perinatal repercussions. A total of 493 pregnant women who delivered from March 2015 to January 2016 were included, and 2% of these pregnant women had twin pregnancies, resulting in 503 newborns. Regarding gestational data, there was a significant incidence of primigravidae. In addition, 95.9% of the patients started prenatal care, but 41.1% had less than 6 visits. Blood pressure at hospital admission was identified as greater than 160x110mmHg in 58.2% patients, being compatible with severe preeclampsia. The main neonatal complications were respiratory distress and acute fetal distress. In relation to the newborns of patients with severe preeclampsia, more than 50% were small for gestational age and in 74.2% there was a need for neonatal intensive care unit. Of the total number of newborns who required resuscitation in the delivery room, 62.4% were in the context of mothers with severe preeclampsia, and 64% of them presented the need for positive pressure ventilation.
