FACTORES CLÍNICOS-EPIDEMIOLÓGICOS DE GESTANTES CON PREECLAMPSIA ATENDIDAS EN EL HOSPITAL DR. VERDI CEVALLOS BALDA

Abstract

Preeclampsia is considered a specific hypertensive disorder of pregnancy, the appearance of which is associated with multiple risk factors. Clinical risk factors such as: hypertension, nulliparity, obesity, smoking, among others, and epidemiological risk factors that describe associated pathologies, one of them is gestational diabetes or hypertension during pregnancy, which is a very common problem and that can complicate in 10 to 15% of pregnancies. The objective of this study was to assess the clinical-epidemiological factors that were present in pregnant women with preeclampsia treated at the Dr. Verdi Cevallos Balda Hospital during 2019. The study had a descriptive and retrospective approach that assessed risk factors clinical-epidemiological studies present in a sample of 50 pregnant women with a diagnosis of preeclampsia. In addition, the technique used consisted of a documentary analysis with a data collection sheet as an instrument for the assessment. Regarding the results, it was found that 56% of the users have high school studies, 65% were primiparous, and 76% had high blood pressure. It can be concluded that there were several clinical-epidemiological factors present in pregnant women diagnosed with preeclampsia, the same ones that may have influenced the appearance of the disease.