Incidencia de preeclampsia en mujeres de 15 a 43 años de edad en un Hospital Ginecológico de la ciudad de Guayaquil.

Abstract

Introduction: Preeclampsia is a pathology that appears from the 20th week of pregnancy, being considered as a public health problem worldwide whose incidence ranges from 2 to 10% of pregnancies, the incidence being 7 times higher in developing countries compared to developed countries according to the WHO Objective: To determine the incidence of preeclampsia in pregnant women from 15 to 43 years of age in a Gynecological Hospital in the city of Guayaquil. Population: 241 pregnant women. Sample: 119 pregnant women with preeclampsia. Instrument: Indirect observation survey. Results: The most predisposing age was 20 to 25 years with 34%, of mestizo ethnicity with 63%, of which 62% have the marital status of single, with a gestational age of 36 to 39 weeks of 69%, with 55% of high school academic level, 39% have had 1 to 2 prenatal controls, 29% have had an abortion, mild preeclampsia was 62%, the most significant diagnoses to identify preeclampsia were blood pressure and urinalysis with 100%, with eclampsia as the major complication with 57%. Conclusion: Preeclampsia is a disease that occurs in the second trimester of pregnancy, the cases have been increasing so we have an incidence of 49.37 per 100 pregnant women.