Prevalencia de hipertensión arterial en adolescentes embarazadas de 12 a 19 años en la Maternidad Mariana de Jesús.

Abstract

Adolescent pregnancy is one of the most growing problems in the world, regardless of whether programs are carried out or young people are educated about sexuality. Nothing stops pregnancy in adolescents, and with it increases the risk of pregnancy problems such as preeclampsia and eclampsia which are the most worrying hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. Which is one of the most important in maternal and perinatal death in Ecuador and in most Latin American countries. This research work has as main objective to know that adolescents are at higher risk of complications and death as a result of pregnancy, specialized care before, during and after delivery can save the lives of pregnant women and newborns. According to the Ministry of Public Health, it is necessary to carry out a good management and compliance with public health nursing regulations. A Retrospective - Descriptive research will be used because the clinical records of those pregnant adolescents with hypertension attended in the period "May to September 2017" will be reviewed. The universe will be 104 hypertensive pregnant adolescent patients. In conclusion, we can state that the frequency of hypertension of preeclampsia and eclampsia occurs more frequently in pregnant adolescents aged 12 to 19 years. It can be said that they are primitive (from 73% to 93%). However, 60% of primigravid adolescents become pregnant within the next 2 years.