Premature placental aging and perinatal complications

• Autores: Manrique Arroyo, Milagros, Huertas Tacchino, Erasmo
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2021
• Institución: Sociedad Peruana de Obstetricia y Ginecología
• Repositorio: Revista Peruana de Ginecología y Obstetricia
• Lenguaje: español; inglés
• OAI Identifier: oai:ginecologiayobstetricia.pe:article/2367
• Enlace del recurso: https://ginecologiayobstetricia.pe/index.php/RPGO/article/view/2367
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Placenta; Ultrasonography; Pregnancy complications; Ultrasonografía; Complicaciones del embarazo

Objective: To determine by ultrasound the frequency and type of perinatal complications in pregnant women with grade 3 placenta before 35 weeks. Methods: Analytical, observational, retrospective, cross-sectional, retrospective study that included all pregnant women diagnosed with grade 3 placenta by ultrasound between 23 and before 35 weeks. The pregnant women did not present comorbidity, multiple pregnancy or fetuses with malformations. Results: A total of 235 pregnant women with grade 3 placenta by ultrasound were found, of which 119 were randomly sampled. The frequency of perinatal complications in pregnant women with grade 3 placenta by ultrasound before 35 weeks was 29.4%, the most frequent being low birth weight (18.5%) and respiratory distress syndrome (17.6%). The chi-square test resulted 0.000 for gestational age at birth and 0.015 for gestational age at diagnosis, with significance level p < 0.05 of association of complications in pregnant women with placenta grade 3 before 35 weeks. Conclusion: Ultrasound diagnosis of early placental aging was associated with a high frequency of perinatal complications. Key words: Placenta, Ultrasonography, Pregnancy complications.