Prevalencia de ductus arterioso permeable en recién nacidos prematuros en la unidad de cuidados intensivos neonatales del Hospital General Guasmo Sur, en el año 2018-2019.

Abstract

Introduction: Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) is among the most frequent congenital heart diseases in premature newborns and more frequently in women, the total frequency is 50 to 85% depending on factors such as weeks of gestation and low birth weight. Objective: To determine the prevalence of PDA in preterm newborns in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of the Guasmo Sur General Hospital in the year 2018-2019. Materials and Methods: This work is a descriptive longitudinal and retrospective study in which all preterm newborn patients who met the inclusion criteria were considered. The information was obtained from the electronic medical records and NICU staff records. The data was stored and processed in Excel spreadsheets. Results: According to the inclusion criteria of this work, in the years 2018 and 2019 of 442 preterm infants, 191 corresponded to premature infants with a diagnosis of PDA. Conclusions: The prevalence in our hospital under study is higher in male neonates, there is an important relationship between PDA with twin pregnancy, prematurity, pre-eclampsia and eclampsia. The most frequent gestational ages were 33 and 34 weeks. Premature rupture of membranes does not have a significant relationship with DAP in this study.