Características clínicas del aborto Hospital Vicente Corral Moscoso, Cuenca – Ecuador, enero – diciembre 2015

Abstract

Abortion is frequent in our environment and it is a relevant issue due to the fact that it conditions women’s health in reproductive age and its high frequency of complications regarding public health. The purpose of this study is to determine the clinical characteristics of abortion of patients at the Gynecology Department, Vicente Corral Moscoso Hospital, during the period 2015. The methodology used in this study is descriptive and retrospective, conducted by reviewing medical records of 371 patients diagnosed with abortion at the Vicente Corral Moscoso Hospital. Information was collected on a form and the data was analyzed through SPSS 15. The results show that the average age group is 27- 47 years being the most common group of 20-29 years, 37.9% was in a common law marriage, 69% of the cases lived in urban areas and 46.9% completed high school; the unemployment rate was 53.3; the most common risk factor was a history of abortions with 26.3%. Different types of abortion being the most frequently incomplete type with 57.3% of cases, 82.5% underwent MVA for the resolution of abortion were presented, while 7.4% of the women was prescribed misoprostol orally and 27.6% vaginally. Concluding, the characterization of the population with abortion at the Vicente Corral Moscoso Hospital is similar to that of other populations, noting that there is a variance in risk factors presented