Prevalencia de preeclampsia en pacientes atendidas en hospitalización de gineco-obstetricia en un hospital de la ciudad de Guayaquil, desde agosto 2018 a mayo 2019.

Abstract

Preeclampsia is one of the leading causes of global maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality; In 2014, in Ecuador, it was listed as the first cause of maternal death. The IESS Hospital of Los Ceibos has several services, including gynecobstétrica-hospitalization, an area where 66 women enter preeclampsia, despite having different prevention programs, apparently they are not reaching the totality of the population, so the rates of this pathology have increased. The objective is to determine the prevalence of pre-eclampsia in patients treated in the gynecology-obstetrics hospitalization area of a hospital in the city of Guayaquil. Method: quantitative, descriptive, cross-sectional and prospective, as an instrument an indirect observation matrix composed of 17 items is applied, which will be filled by nursing assessment assessment. Result: 49% are 20 to 36 weeks old, 38% are nulliparous, 38% are 30 to 35 years old, 36% have a history of hypertension, 41% are overweight, 59% have mild preeclampsia 140 / 90, 38% had eclampsia as a complication and 46% consumed less than three times a day. Coming to the conclusion that, most of the pregnant women described in the study, present factors or conditions that cause preeclampsia in them, which are mostly modifiable; This is why it is necessary to educate and guide pregnant women about the care they should take in their pregnancy for the prevention of complications.