Factores asociados a infecciones en las vías urinarias en gestantes atendidas en el área de hospitilización ginecológica en un hospital de especialidades en la ciudad de Guayaquil.

Abstract

Urinary tract infection is a public health problem that is evident worldwide, due to its high relative incidence rate, which leads it to be the fourth cause of consultations in all emergency services, and the importance of its treatment is that it constitutes a high risk for maternal and fetal wellbeing, since it is considered as one of the main factors of maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality. The objective is to determine the factors associated with urinary tract infections in pegnant women treated in the gynecological hospitalization area at the Dr. Teodoro Maldonado Carbo Specialty Hospital in the city of Guayaquil. Method: Descriptive For the data collection, a 16-question questionnaire was applied, the population sample consisted of 90 pregnant women diagnosed with urinary tract infection treated in the Gynecological Hospitalization area of the Dr. Teodoro Maldonado Carbo Specialty Hospital. Results: 60% were between 25 and 30 years old; 32% are of Afro-Ecuadorian ethnicity; 46% of secondary schooling; 30% single marital status; 41% have attended 1 to 3 prenatal controls; 33%, gestation time from 27 to 36 weeks; 65% multiparous; 70% history IVU. Coming to the conclusion that the incidence of this type of infections occurs mostly in women aged 25 to 35, who had this type of infection as background, having complications of abortion and miscarriage.