Objective: To determine the clinical and sociodemographic factors associated with pre-eclampsia in pregnant women aged 16-25 years treated at the Hospital de Ventanilla emergency in January-December 2016. Methods: An observational, analytical, cross-sectional study was conducted. We worked with 364 pregnant women from the hospital of Ventanilla. The following variables were measured: preclampsia (dependent), age, marital status, educational level, occupation, sexual partner, previous gestations, gestational age, BMI, gestational anemia, pregestational diabetes and gestational diabetes (independent). ORs were calculated with their respective 95% confidence intervals. A value of p less than 0.5 was considered significant. Results: The prevalence of preclampsia was 5.7%. the factors associated with preclampsia were: Marital status (OR: 0.16 (0.03-0.77)), Degree of instruction (OR: 0.31 (0.1...

Objective: To determine the clinical and sociodemographic factors associated with pre-eclampsia in pregnant women aged 16-25 years treated at the Hospital de Ventanilla emergency in January-December 2016. Methods: An observational, analytical, cross-sectional study was conducted. We worked with 364 pregnant women from the hospital of Ventanilla. The following variables were measured: preclampsia (dependent), age, marital status, educational level, occupation, sexual partner, previous gestations, gestational age, BMI, gestational anemia, pregestational diabetes and gestational diabetes (independent). ORs were calculated with their respective 95% confidence intervals. A value of p less than 0.5 was considered significant. Results: The prevalence of preclampsia was 5.7%. the factors associated with preclampsia were: Marital status (OR: 0.16 (0.03-0.77)), Degree of instruction (OR: 0.31 (0.1...

Según la Organización Mundial de la Salud, Cada día mueren aproximadamente 830 mujeres por causas prevenibles relacionadas con el embarazo y el parto. Un 99% de la mortalidad materna corresponde a los países en desarrollo. La mortalidad materna es mayor en las zonas rurales y en las comunidades más pobres. (1) En comparación con otras mujeres, las que entran en el rango de 16 a 25 años corren mayor riesgo de complicaciones y muerte a consecuencia del embarazo. Dentro de las causales del 75% de muertes maternas se encuentra las complicaciones provocadas por la hipertensión gestacional (preeclampsia y eclampsia). En África y Asia casi una cuarta parte se relaciona a este tipo de complicaciones, además En Latinoamérica, la morbilidad perinatal es de 8 al 45% y la mortalidad del 1 al 33%, provocadas por Preclampsia. En el Perú, los desórdenes hipertensivos leves a severos han si...