Incidencia de diabetes gestacional en un Centro de Salud de la salud de la ciudad de Guayaquil.

Abstract

Gestational diabetes is a pathology that is associated with many factors. A study was conducted in women from 20 to 30 years old. Objective to determine the incidence of gestational diabetes. Research design: The study had a descriptive, qualitative, prospective, transversal approach. Technique and instruments: data collection by reviewing patients' medical records with the help of a form and the indirect observation guide. Population: 148 pregnant women with a sample of 20 cases of women diagnosed with gestational diabetes attended in a health center from December 2018 to February 2019. Results The data collected were collected from the medical records of the health center's statistics department. which show that 40% are 30 years old, it was evidenced that 55% are of mixed ethnicity, the type of diabetes suffered by each patient was classified, with 65% having gestational diabetes, it was identified that 30% of the patients suffer from hypertension and diabetes, 70% howed polyuria and polydipsia, 40% of the patients had complications in the pregnancy as urinary tract infection. Conclusion: gestational diabetes is a pathology with great feto-neonatal risk very little detectable during pregnancy and with greater emphasis when prenatal control is insufficient. For this reason, detection and diagnosis are important to establish a therapeutic regimen and reduce maternal morbidity and mortality.