Prevalencia de complicaciones neonatales en productos de gestantes con diabetes gestacional de 25 a 30 años de edad, atendidas en el Hospital Teodoro Maldonado Carbo durante el periodo 2016 – 2017.

Abstract

Diabetes Mellitus is a very frequent pathology that sometimes coincides with pregnancy, if adequate control is not carried out, it can present numerous neonatal complications, according to the literature one of the frequent ones is fetal macrosomia. Objective: The present study aims to assess the prevalence of neonatal complications in products of pregnant women with gestational diabetes aged 25 to 30 years. Materials and methods: This is an observational and retrospective descriptive. The sample consisted of infants of mothers with gestational diabetes treated in the Neonatology area of the Teodoro Maldonado Carbo Specialties Hospital in the period from January 2016 to December 2017. Results: 106 neonatal patients were included, of which 32 infants ( 30.2%) did not obtain complications, while 74 infants (69.8%) were found to have complications after birth, the main complication was respiratory distress with 26.4%, followed by macrosomia with 17.0 % and thirdly hypoglycemia with 14.2%. Conclusions: Macrosomia was not the main complication, in our study respiratory distress ranked first with 26.4%.