Pre eclampsia en embarazadas atendidas en un Centro de Salud Materno Infantil en la provincia del Guayas.

Abstract

Preeclampsia is a pathology of pregnancy, occurs from twenty weeks of gestation, has several risk factors and presents the hypertension and proteinuria essential for diagnosis, is the leading cause of maternal-fetal death worldwide. A study is made on the prevalence of preeclampsia in pregnant women and in the health center. Objective: To analyze the cases of preeclampsia that pregnant present at the Maternal and Child Health Center in the province of Guayas. Research design: Study population 17 preeclamptic pregnant women. Technique: Indirect observation Instrument: Indirect observation guide. Results: that 90% of the pregnant women and 47% achieved the basic academic level and 41% the baccalaureate, 82% live in the urban area, 41% present between 20-25 years; 49% are nulliparous; 65% went to more than 5 prenatal check-ups; 24% have a family history; 18% have hypertension and 14% have diabetes. Conclusion: It has been shown that one of the factors associated with preeclampsia in pregnancy is the nulliparous, as well as the influence of having more than five prenatal checkups to carry out a better management of the pathology.