Frecuencia de trastornos hipertensivos en el embarazo como causas de morbilidad materna extrema en el Hospital José Carrasco Arteaga, Cuenca, período 2018 - 2019.

Abstract

Background: extreme maternal morbidity (MME) represents an indicator of the quality of health services throughout pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium and values a timely therapeutic action, evidencing a potentially life-threatening situation for the mother. General objective: to determine the number of cases of extreme maternal morbidity according to the criteria of hypertensive disorders of the perinatal, maternal, medical history, in the gynecological-obstetric service of the José Carrasco Arteaga Hospital in Cuenca, period 2018 - 2019. Method and materials: it is a descriptive cross-sectional study with a universe made up of perinatal, maternal, medical records, which indicated hypertensive disorders as a cause of extreme maternal morbidity at the José Carrasco Arteaga Hospital, period 2018-2019. The information was collected with a form prepared by the authors and it was analyzed using SPSS 19.0 software and Microsoft Excel 2013, the results are presented in simple tables. Results: the mean age of the participants was 29.7 years. Hypertensive disorders presented a statistically significant relationship with the presence of extreme maternal morbidity; preeclampsia (p = 0.03); eclampsia (p = 0.00); Hellp syndrome (p = 0.00). Conclusions: hypertensive disorders showed a statistically significant relationship with the presence of extreme maternal morbidity. The extreme maternal morbidity ratio for the years 2018 and 2019 in the patients treated at the José Carrasco Arteaga Hospital was 4.30.