Relación del estado nutricional con complicaciones en el embarazo, parto y puerperio inmediato, en las gestantes controladas centro de salud tipo C Latacunga.

Abstract

Complications in the state of gestation are a risk factor for both maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality worldwide. The objective of this research was the early identification and correction of those states of abnormality during pregnancy development, termination and immediate postpartum; all of them related to maternal weight gain. The methodology of this research was directed prospectively over a period of 12 months, through a recruitment stage and another of follow-up stage of the 96 pregnant women who met the inclusion criteria attended their prenatal checking at the Latacunga type C Health Center, using the information that is on the basis of medical records , guaranteeing the confidentiality of the same. The results were obtained by calculation of relative risk, a statistical measure that allowed determining the degree of significance of each variable identified for the appearance of complications, where adequate or inadequate weight gain played the most important role. In conclusion, a statistical significance of inadequate excess weight gain was found due to the presence of morbidities that would disturb the normal course of this stage.