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Prevalencia del síndrome de HELLP en gestantes críticas: Maternidad "Dr. Armando Castillo Plaza", Maracaibo, Venezuela
Prevalence of HELLP syndrome in critical pregnant women: Maternity "Dr. Armando Castillo Plaza", Maracaibo, Venezuela

OBJETIVO: Determinar la prevalencia de síndrome de HELLP (SH) en gestantes críticamente enfermas ingresadas a la Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos Obstétricos (UCIO) de la Maternidad "Dr. Armando Castillo Plaza", de Maracaibo, estado Zulia, Venezuela, periodo 2011 a 2015. MÉTODOS: Investigación descript...

Evaluation of perinatal outcomes in pregnant women with preterm premature rupture of membranes

SUMMARY Objective: To determine the association between amniotic fluid index (AFI) and perinatal outcomes in preterm premature rupture of membranes (PPROM). Method: A retrospective cohort study was conducted between 2008 and 2012. 86 pregnant women were included, with a diagnosis of PPROM and gestation...

Alcohol consumption during pregnancy and perinatal results: a cohort study

Säo Paulo med. j; 134 (2), 2016
ABSTRACT CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Alcohol consumption during pregnancy is a significant social problem that may be associated with adverse perinatal outcomes. The aim of this study was to describe alcohol consumption during pregnancy and to study its association with low birth weight, newborns small for ...

Treatment success of laser therapy for retinopathy of prematurity in referred and non-referred patients

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 79 (2), 2016
ABSTRACT Purpose: Comparison of laser therapy (LT) outcomes in patients with retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) followed up in our clinic and referred from other centers. Methods: Medical records of 1,856 ROP patients were retrospectively evaluated, and a total of 128 patients who underwent LT were inclu...

Desempenho linguístico de prematuros de 2 anos, considerando idade cronológica e idade corrigida

CoDAS; 28 (2), 2016
RESUMO Introdução O nascimento prematuro acarreta problemas que não se restringem à mortalidade perinatal. Alguns prematuros, mesmo na ausência de lesões cerebrais, apresentam consequências negativas em diversos aspectos do desenvolvimento, como dificuldades em adquirir linguagem. Objetivo O obj...

Risk Prediction of Cardiovascular Complications in Pregnant Women With Heart Disease

Arq. bras. cardiol; 106 (4), 2016
Abstract Background: Heart disease in pregnancy is the leading cause of non- obstetric maternal death. Few Brazilian studies have assessed the impact of heart disease during pregnancy. Objective: To determine the risk factors associated with cardiovascular and neonatal complications. Methods: We evalu...

Relación entre estrés durante el embarazo y nacimiento pretérmino espontáneo

Rev. colomb. psiquiatr; 45 (2), 2016
Introducción: El nacimiento pretérmino es el que ocurre antes de completar las 37 semanas; sus causas son multifactoriales y varían según la edad gestacional y el contexto étnico y geográfico. Aunque varios factores médicos/sociales han sido bien identificados, en más del 50% de los casos no son ...

Obesidad, factor de riesgo de infección bacteriana ascendente durante el embarazo

Rev. méd. Chile; 144 (4), 2016
Background: Obesity in pregnancy is associated with significantly higher rates of infection. Aim: To compare the infectious morbidity in pregnant women with normal and altered body mass index (BMI). Material and Methods: Cross sectional retrospective study of 6,150 patients who had delivery or second tri...

Intrauterine death in singleton pregnancies with trisomy 21, 18, 13 and monosomy X

Summary A retrospective study from November 2004 to May 2012, conducted at the Obstetric Clinic of Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo (HC-FMUSP), which included 92 singleton pregnancies with prenatal diagnosis of trisomy of chromosome 21 (T21), 18, 13 (T13/18) and m...