Neonatal outcomes in pregnant women with preeclampsia at the Zacarías Correa Hospital in Valdivia, Huancavelica, 2016.

Abstract

The objective of this research work is to determine the neonatal outcomes in pregnant women who presented Preeclampsia at the Zacarías Correa Regional Hospital in Valdivia - Huancavelica, 2016. An analytical, observational, retrospective, cross-sectional study was conducted with a case-control design; the study setting was the Zacarías Correa Hospital in Valdivia; the sample consisted of 200 medical records, of which 50 corresponded to pregnant women with preeclampsia and 150 to pregnant women without preeclampsia, selected through randomized probability sampling. Data were collected using a validated data collection form with a Cronbach's alpha of 0.8. Twenty-four percent of pregnant women with preeclampsia had a premature newborn, while in pregnant women who did not have preeclampsia, this same situation occurred in only 8.7% of cases; There is a statistically significant association with X2 = 8.0 whose strength of association indicates that pregnant women with preeclampsia have a higher probability of having a premature newborn (OR = 3.3). Similarly, 82% of pregnant women with preeclampsia had a newborn with low birth weight while the same situation only occurred in 10% of pregnant women who did not have preeclampsia; there is a statistically significant association with X2 = 96.4 whose strength of association indicates that pregnant women with preeclampsia have a higher probability of having a child with low birth weight (OR = 41). Finally, there is a significant association between unfavorable neonatal outcome and preeclampsia with X2 = 36.58 and OR = 0.11.