OBJECTIVE: To determine maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality caused by abruptio placentae at the Obstetrical Service, Dos de Mayo Hospital, during years 1990 through 1995. DESIGN: Descriptive study, reviewing maternal clinical histories and neonatology registry. RESULTS: During this period 133 cases of abruptio placentae ocurred, incidence 0,77%; 68 histories were found. Most frequent age varied from 20 to 30 years (57,2%), almost 50% were term pregnancies, most did not have pre natal control ot it was insufficient (70,5%), parity was less than two (63,1%). Most frequent concomitant pathology was hypertensive disease (41,1%). Major symptomatology consisted in hemorrhage (64,7%), perinatal mortality was about 50%, with severe asphyxia in most of newborns. Neonatal morbidity consisted in infections, with sepsis in 12,1%. There was no maternal mortality. Puerperal morbidity was du...

OBJECTIVE: To determine maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality caused by abruptio placentae at the Obstetrical Service, Dos de Mayo Hospital, during years 1990 through 1995. DESIGN: Descriptive study, reviewing maternal clinical histories and neonatology registry. RESULTS: During this period 133 cases of abruptio placentae ocurred, incidence 0,77%; 68 histories were found. Most frequent age varied from 20 to 30 years (57,2%), almost 50% were term pregnancies, most did not have pre natal control ot it was insufficient (70,5%), parity was less than two (63,1%). Most frequent concomitant pathology was hypertensive disease (41,1%). Major symptomatology consisted in hemorrhage (64,7%), perinatal mortality was about 50%, with severe asphyxia in most of newborns. Neonatal morbidity consisted in infections, with sepsis in 12,1%. There was no maternal mortality. Puerperal morbidity was du...

It was studied 259 pregnant women corresponding to I (45), II (88) and III (126) trimesters, being 56 adolescent. The nutritional assessment was made from an anthropometic and biochemical point of view. The following measures were taken: weight, height, brachial perimeter (AP) and triceps skinfold thickness (TST); with the first two the Quetelet Index (IQ) was calculated and with the latter ones the muscular area (MA) and fat area (FA). Biochemically the hemoglobin (Hb) and hematocrite (Ht) was dosed; those women under 11 g/dl were considered anemics.Most pregnant have IQ within normal levels for non-pregnant reference. Remaining pregnant prevails overweight and obesity of temporal type. In deposit ratios occurs something similar to the IQ, with the difference that deficit predominates.Sixty percent are anemic, 33,65 and 66%, corresponding to the I, II and III trimesters of pregnancy, re...