From 1988 to 1992, 18 732 deliveries were attended in Obstetrics and Gynecology Department of Maria Auxiliadora Hospital. During this period 1,309 women also were attended with preeclampsia and 146 with eclampsia (incidence 7,0% and 0,8% respectively). Using a cases and control investigation we found the next risk factors associated to preeclampsia-eclampsia in patients of Cono Sur of Lima-Perú: age 10-19 years, age 35 years and older, obesity, unmarried, nuliparity, grand multiparity, new pregnancy after 8 years, anemia, multiple pregnancy, cronic hypertension and urinary infection.

From july 1988 to june 1992, 18 732 deliveries were atended in Obstetrics and Gynecology Department of María Auxiliadora Hospital. During this period 1309 women with preeclampsia and 146 women with eclampsia also were atended (incidence 7,0% and 0,8% respectively). Using a cohorte investigation model we found that PIH is an important risk factor to thirth trimester heamorrage, induced labor, cesarea section, postapartum heamorrage, puerperal infection and preterm delivery. Besides, we found among PIH patients most frecuency of low weigth newborn, asfixia, respiratory distress syndrome, ictericia and infection of newborn. Finally, PIH is clearly a very important risk factor to maternal mortality and perinatal mortality.

Objective: To recail abuse prevalence against women attended at Lima's South Cone obstetrical services and to establish association between violence and both maternal and perinatal pathology and perinatal mortality. Design: Analytical retrospective cohort investigation. Setting: Maria Auxiliadora Hospital and Cesar Lopez Silva Mother and Child Hospital, Villa El Salvador. Participants: Hospitalized puerperal women. Interventions: Between March and november 2005 we applied a survey to 7333 puerperal women before discharge from the hospital in order to identify the presence of violence against women. Answers were classified in three groups: without violence (30,7%), with violence history (37,4%) and with violence during this pregnancy (31,9%). Wereviewed the perinatal clinical history in each case and verified demographic variables as well as maternal and perinatal complications. We also d...

In 1991 and 1992, the "Maria Auxiliadora" Hospital 1500 was chosen maternity cases, of which 587 were nulliparous and 913 multiparous. To all of them they applied the following criteria: chronology of pregnancy between 37 and 41 weeks, absence of pathology, delivery start and spontaneous evolution, no medication during childbirth normal pelvis, cephalic presentation and newborn 2500-4000 gr with score 6 higher Apgar at birth. After applying these criteria, we finally met 317 nulliparous (with intact membranes 209 and 108 with ruptured membranes) and 306 multiparous (231 with intact membranes and 75 with ruptured membranes). All patients were supine during labor and were controlled in the obstetrics center using the partograph designed by CLAP and make careful records graphics from 4-5 cm of cervical dilation on. Data from the dilation of the cervix in relation to time were processed by c...

Objective: To recail abuse prevalence against women attended at Lima's South Cone obstetrical services and to establish association between violence and both maternal and perinatal pathology and perinatal mortality. Design: Analytical retrospective cohort investigation. Setting: Maria Auxiliadora Hospital and Cesar Lopez Silva Mother and Child Hospital, Villa El Salvador. Participants: Hospitalized puerperal women. Interventions: Between March and november 2005 we applied a survey to 7333 puerperal women before discharge from the hospital in order to identify the presence of violence against women. Answers were classified in three groups: without violence (30,7%), with violence history (37,4%) and with violence during this pregnancy (31,9%). Wereviewed the perinatal clinical history in each case and verified demographic variables as well as maternal and perinatal complications. We also d...