Determinación de microalbuminuria en mujeres embarazadas que acuden al Centro de Salud Carlos Elizalde. Cuenca, 2016

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Microalbumunuria is the excretion of albumin in few amounts in the urine; during pregnancy it can cause serious complications such as pre-eclampsia, which is characterized by increased sarterial pressure in pregnancy. (1, 2)

The research was done at the Health Center “Carlos Elizalde” of the Cuenca´s city.

GENERAL OBJECTIVE: It was based on the determination of Microalbuminuria in pregnant women who came to the Health Center “Carlos Elizalde” the data were processed by surveys that included data necessary for the research, consent and informed settlement was requested, It collected samples of urine by the patients: the technique used was the Micral-Test and the samples were processed in the laboratory of the Health Center. For data processing SPSS version 22 and Microsoft Excel were used. Participants in the research signed informed consent, where they were provided with necessary information. In case of minors of age, the legal representatives gave their assent, at the same time they applied an (annex 4) survey in which they recorded data of important affiliation related to the variables of study.

RESULTS: Of the 164 pregnant women attending the "Carlos Elizalde" Health Center, 12.1% presented positive microalbuminuria between 20 and 100 mg / l, of which 55% were between 15 and 25 years old, 85% were between 20 and 30 weeks of gestation and 15.5% have arterial hypertension