Incidencia de recién nacidos pretérminos en madres con antecedentes de preeclampsia severa en el Hospital Especializado Mariana de Jesús en el período de mayo a octubre del 2016.

Abstract

Objective: To determine the incidence of preterm delivery as a complication of severe preeclampsia at the Mariana de Jesús Specialized Hospital in 2016. Methods: Cross-sectional study based on the non-experimental, descriptive model, which included patients admitted to the service (AIRN) in the period between May and October 2016. Results: The estimated incidence was 60.3%, with a total of 111 infants born to mothers dia gnosed with severe preeclampsia. Of this population; female predominates with 54.10% of the cases. Regarding gestational age; 60.40% was recorded as pre-term. The average of prenatal controls was 6. About the distribution according to the birth weight; 62.2% was classified as low birth weight and the route of termination of pregnancy corresponded mostly to cesarean section with 73% of the cases. Conclusions: The diagnosis of severe preeclampsia and inadequate prenatal controls complicate the incidence of small preterm infants for gestational age.