Relación entre la anemia ferropénica en mujeres embarazadas y las condiciones del recién nacido en el Hospital de la Mujer Alfredo G. Paulson.

Abstract

Anemia during pregnancy is one of the most frequent pathologies in this population, this is due to the increase of iron needs to meet the needs of both mother and fetus. This study determined the relationship between iron deficiency anemia in pregnant women and newborn conditions in the Alfredo G. Paulson Women's Hospital. It is a cross-sectional retrospective quantitative study, where the variables hemoglobin of the mother and weight, gestational age and APGAR of the newborn were used. A sample of 122 patients who met the inclusion criteria were taken. From the data obtained by the Spearman Rho test, a significant relationship was obtained between the hemoglobin level of the mother and the weight, gestational age and APGAR of the newborn, thus demonstrating the validity of the hypothesis. Therefore, it is concluded that anemia during the gestation process has an important impact since it may increase the risk of morbidity and mortality of the fetus and the mother.