Frecuencia de infección del tracto genitourinario en gestantes del Hospital “José Carrasco Arteaga”, Cuenca 2018

Abstract

Introduction: infections of the genitourinary tract in pregnancy are currently considered a Public Health problem due to its high impact on maternal and neonatal mortality and morbility; despite the existence of strategies to reduce their frequency, it has not been possible to reduce them. Objective: To determine the frequency of genitourinary tract infection in pregnant women at Hospital José Carrasco Arteaga Cuenca, 2018. Methodology: The present quantitative descriptive study was carried out in the Hospital José Carrasco Arteaga, with a random sample of 105 pregnant women of the gynecology service, who according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria after informed consent, applied a structured survey in addition to the review of the respective clinical histories, the information was processed and analyzed in the statistical package SPSS v. 15, presenting the results in frequency and percentage tables. Results: the sample was characterized by pregnant women with a average age of 29.8 years, secondary education (43.8%), residents in the urban sector (63.8%), a history of urinary infections in the current pregnancy (64.8%). 77.1% multigesta; in turn, 56.2% presented bacteriuria of 2 crosses, 61% leukocyturia, and 65.7% positive nitrites. The prevalence of acute cystitis was 9.5%, of asymptomatic bacteriuria of 28.6% and of pyelonephritis of 61.9%. Conclusion: the frequency of pyelonephritis and asymptomatic bacteriuria maintain the regional frequency, while the frequency of acute cystitis remained below the general average in hospitalized pregnant women