Caracterización de gestantes con parto pretérmino. Hospital “Fe del Valle Ramos” de Manzanillo
Year: 2024
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Introduction: the most critical and high-risk period of human life is that which corresponds to intrauterine life, including childbirth. The World Health Organization defines preterm delivery as birth before 37 weeks of gestational age.Objective: to characterize the pregnant women with preterm delivery attended at the “Fe del Valle Ramos” Gynecobstetric Hospital in 2019.Methods: a descriptive, retrospective and cross-sectional study was carried out on preterm delivery in pregnant women admitted to the “Fe del Valle Ramos” Hospital in Manzanillo, Granma in 2019. The universe was constituted by 244 pregnant women who had a preterm delivery and a sample of 151 patients was selected by means of non-probabilistic intentional sampling. Descriptive statistics were used for data analysis by calculating absolute and relative percentage frequencies.Results: pregnant women between 15 and 19 years of age predominated (37,7 %). The most frequent gestational age was 32 and 33,6 weeks (62,9 %). Gestational hypertensive disease was predominant during pregnancy (50,2 %) and previous abortions were the most important obstetric history (49,6 %). Most of the children were born with low birth weight (77,5 %).Conclusions: age younger than 20 years, the presence of diseases such as hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, gestational diabetes, anemia and vaginal infection play an important role in the development of preterm labor, so it is necessary to identify and treat them early.
Institution: University of Granma
Language: Spanish
Subfield: Obstetrics and Gynecology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W7218141663