OBJETIVE: To determine the clinical characteristics of pregnant women with falciparum malaria and stillbirth. DESIGN: cross-sectional descriptive study. MATERIAL AND METHODS: All cases of pregnant women with falciparum malaria treated at the Hospital de Apoyo III of Sullana during 1998 and 1999. Of all these cases studied were identified who studied with fetal death and they were required characteristics clinics. All data were processed in Excel. RESULTS: Among the 88 cases of pregnant women with malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum identified with thick film study, there were 8 cases of pregnant women with stillbirth were enrolled, representing a rate of 90.9 per 1,000 live births. Time of disease was mostly 6 or more days. Of the 8 cases, 6 received prior treatment, which were predominantly first-line drugs (chloroquine). The fetal death occurred predominantly during pregnancy, alth...

OBJETIVE: To determine the clinical characteristics of pregnant women with falciparum malaria and stillbirth. DESIGN: cross-sectional descriptive study. MATERIAL AND METHODS: All cases of pregnant women with falciparum malaria treated at the Hospital de Apoyo III of Sullana during 1998 and 1999. Of all these cases studied were identified who studied with fetal death and they were required characteristics clinics. All data were processed in Excel. RESULTS: Among the 88 cases of pregnant women with malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum identified with thick film study, there were 8 cases of pregnant women with stillbirth were enrolled, representing a rate of 90.9 per 1,000 live births. Time of disease was mostly 6 or more days. Of the 8 cases, 6 received prior treatment, which were predominantly first-line drugs (chloroquine). The fetal death occurred predominantly during pregnancy, alth...

Introducción: Identificar los factores y las complicaciones asociadas a la hemorragia de la segunda mitad del embarazo en el Hospital de Apoyo II-2 Sullana. Material y métodos: Estudio de casos y controles retrospectivo en el Hospital de Apoyo II-2 Sullana. La población estuvo conformada por las pacientes gestantes cuyo parto fue atendido en dicho nosocomio en el periodo 2011-2012. Se realizó un muestreo aleatorio simple. Los casos fueron las gestantes que presentaron hemorragia de la segunda mitad del embarazo y los controles las gestantes que se encontraban inmediato inferior al caso seleccionado en el libro de registro de la sala de partos. Se recolectaron los datos en una ficha, en la que se incluyeron: datos generales de la gestante, antecedentes obstétricos, embarazo múltiple, hipertensión gestacional, etiología y complicaciones materno-perinatales de la hemo...