Clinical epidemiological behavior of adolescent pregnant women with arterial hypertension

Abstract

Background: hypertensive disorders are considered as the main cause of maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality worldwide and in Ecuador. Objective: to describe the epidemiological clinical behavior of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy in adolescents. Methods: a descriptive study was carried out which included the 59 of pregnant teenagers who presented preeclampsia and/or eclampsia attended in the context of the research during the period from May to December 2017. A research questionnaire was applied to obtain information related to the variables of defined research. Results: average age of 16.32 years, predominance of pregnant women with non-white skin color and nulliparous. High number of comorbidities associated with a predominance of overweight and arterial hypertension; predominance of patients who had not received preventive treatment with calcium and aspirin. Headache and edema in the lower limbs were the most frequent maternal complications. Fetal distress, delayed intrauterine growth and prematurity were the fetal complications with the highest frequency of presentation. Conclusions: the clinical and epidemiological pattern of adolescents with preeclampsia and eclampsia coincides with that reported in the universal literature. Failures are evident in the preconception risk control program and in the quality of the follow-up of pregnant women that motivates an increase in the incidence of eclampsia and preeclampsia. DeCS: HYPERTENSION, PREGNANCY-INDUCED/epidemiology; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; ECLAMPSIA/epidemiology; PREECLAMPSIA/epidemiology; PRECONCEPTION CARE.

Keywords

• adolescente
• eclampsia
• embarazo
• preeclampsia
• trastornos hipertensivos