Perinatal Outcome in Pregnant Women with Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy, Regional Hospital Santa Teresa, 2015

Abstract

Research Background. Pregnancy Hypertensive Disorders represent a high morbidity and mortality maternity and perinatal incidence, which it is necessary get to know the characteristics of newly born infants whom mothers had Pregnancy Hypertensive Disease in order to intervene with the most early and timely way. Objective. Describe the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of newly born infants of mothers with Pregnancy Hypertensive Disorders of the Labor and Delivery Room of Regional Hospital Santa Teresa, Comayagua during the year 2015. Methodology. Descriptive Observational Study. During this period, 6090 pregnant women were admitted, of wich 361(5.9%) had Pregnancy Hypertensive Disease. A simple size of 186(51.5%, 95% CI) were estimated. The variables included maternity data, birth and clinical data perinatal complications. The information collected was entered in Epiinfo version 7.1.5 (CDC, Atlanta). The results are presented as frequencies, percentages, ranges and averages. The personal information of cases was handled confidentially. Results. The 58.6% (109) were between 19 to 35 years, 65.1% (121) with greater than or equal 5 prenatal visits. The most common of delivery mode was vaginal 63.4% (118) and the most common hypertensive disorder was preeclampsia -eclampsia with a 65.1% (121). The 53.2 %( 99) of newly born infants were masculine gender, 94.1 %( 175) had a normal APGAR Score, the 84.4 %( 157) had a birth weight between 2500-3999 gr. The most common maternity and perinatal complication was HELLP Syndrome with 3.8 %( 7) and Respiratory Distress Syndrome with 10.2% (19). Discussion. The 58.1% of the newly born infants presented some complications at birth.