Maternal Conditions and Perinatal Outcomes in Pregnant Women at Risk of Preeclampsia - Eclampsia

Abstract

Introduction: Preeclampsia-eclampsia is still one of the main causes of maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality.
Objective: Characterize maternal conditions and perinatal outcomes in pregnant women with preeclampsia-eclampsia risks.
Methods: A descriptive, prospective study was performed at Mariana Grajales Gynecobstetric Hospital in Villa Clara, Cuba, from November 2013 to November 2015. The sample consisted of 158 pregnant women who were diagnosed with two or more risk factors of preeclampsia-eclampsia at timely care for pregnancy.
Results: The average age was between 27 and 31 years. Gestational age was similar, both for those who had an episode of preeclampsia and those who did not. High blood pressure was the most prevalent associated disease (20.9 %). Multiparity, primipaternity, the mother's first-line antecedent of having presented some preeclamptic event and excess malnutrition resulted in the fundamental antecedents in the sample. Alterations in Doppler variables showed non-negligible values. The predominant way of delivery was the abdominal cesarean section and the majority of the patients had newborns with an average weight of 2932 gr, no maternal and perinatal complications were evident.
Conclusions: maternal conditions such as chronic hypertension, multiparity, primipaternity, family history of preeclampsia in pregnant women's mothers and excess malnutrition constitute risk factors for preeclampsia - eclampsia affecting the evolution of pregnancy and perinatal outcomes.