Frecuencia de macrosomía neonatal en mujeres embarazadas con diagnóstico de diabetes gestacional en el Hospital Vicente Corral Moscoso en el período 2009-2014. Cuenca 2015

Abstract

Background: Fetal macrosomía, a disease that is closely linked to gestational diabetes making this a very important issue; however in this study, the frequency of gestational diabetes occurs in 100% of cases and macrosomía in 75%.

Objectives: To determine the frequency of neonatal macrosomia in pregnant women with gestational diabetes at the Vicente Corral Moscoso´s Hospital in period 2009-2014.

Method: This quantitative, descriptive and retrospective research made based on review of 106 medical records, filling out a form in each case of mothers with gestational diabetes who arrived in labor at Vicente Corral Moscoso´s Hospital, and obtained macrosomic children. The data were tabulated in Microsoft Excel 2010 program.

Results: In this study of 106 cases of pregnant women all diagnosed with gestional diabetes who arrived in labor at Vicente Corral Moscoso´s Hospital, maternal age that prevailed was more than 30 years with 39% and in relation to the gestional age, 58% is among the 42 or more weeks. Respect to neonatal weight by 75% had tendency to macrosomia with values equal to or more than 3999 grams, and neonatal sex between men and women a percentage of 53% and 47% respectively was found. There were 90 births (85%) and 16 caesarean with a percentage of 15%; finally maternal weight with the highest percentage with 32%, was among the 71 to 80kg. Conclusions: of the 106 cases of pregnant women diagnosed with gestational diabetes, exist 80 cases of macrosomic children so this relationship is very significant