Complicaciones en embarazadas pretérmino con preeclampsia atendidas en el servicio de emergencia en el Hospital Teodoro Maldonado Carbo de la ciudad de Guayaquil periodo mayo a julio del 2019.

Abstract

Introduction: Pre-eclampsia is the frequent hypertensive disorder in pregnancy, which can occur from the twentieth week of gestation, followed by other symptoms such as fluid retention, headaches, urinary tract infections, even seizures. Among the risk factors that most influence the appearance of preeclampsia is the age of the pregnant woman, the presence of a family history, her medical history, the appearance of probable chronic diseases associated with problems of high blood pressure, development of diabetes, obesity, among others; that predispose to their development. Objective: To determine possible complications in preterm pregnant women with pre-eclampsia treated at the Teodoro Maldonado Carbo Hospital in the city of Guayaquil, period May to July 2019. Methodology: The study was qualitative-quantitative, cross-sectional and retrospective, for which it was applied as Instrument the indirect observation guide to 100 pregnant women from the emergency area of the mentioned hospital. Results: It was determined that pregnant women are between 19 and 25 years old (46%), secondary education level (61%), risk factor that they were overweight (39%), from 21 to 33 weeks of gestation (49%), they attended from 0 to 3 prenatal controls (52%), primiparous (72%), as a complication presented Hellp Syndrome (36%) and low birth weight neonates (26%). Conclusion: It is established that the majority of pregnant women correspond to patients who, due to their early age and inexperience, are unaware of the risk factors that may affect their pregnancy and the development of the newborn, this leads to the majority presenting complications.