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La anticoncepción de emergencia es menos efectiva en mujeres con obesidad
Emergency contraception is less effective in women with obesity

La anticoncepción de emergencia se refiere al uso de medicación o a la inserción de un dispositivo intrauterino de cobre para prevenir el embarazo luego de una relación sexual no protegida o del fallo de un método anticonceptivo, en una mujer que no desea el embarazo. De entre las alternativas farma...

Caffeine teratogenicity in rats: morphological characterization and hypothesized mechanisms

Clin. biomed. res; 36 (4), 2016
Caffeine consumption during pregnancy has been shown in the scientific literature to be associated with teratogenicity such as low birth weight, fetal malformations, and miscarriage. However, the morphological alterations of the offspring of dams exposed during pregnancy have not been consistently descri...

Birth weight classification in gestational diabetes: is there an ideal chart?

Clin. biomed. res; 36 (4), 2016
Introduction: Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is associated to increased rates of large for gestational age (LGA) newborns and macrosomia. Several charts are used to classify birth weight. Is there an ideal chart to classify newborns of GDM mothers? Methods: We evaluated adequacy of birth weight of 3...

Chlamydia trachomatis infection in infertile and pregnant women in southern Brazil

Clin. biomed. res; 36 (3), 2016
Introduction: Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) is the most prevalent sexually transmitted bacterial infection, affecting mainly young, sexually active women. Untreated infection may lead to reproductive complications due to tubal damage. Infections during pregnancy may cause preterm labor, low birth weight, pe...

Qualidade do pré-natal: uma comparação entre gestantes atendidas na Faculdade de Medicina de Barbacena e na Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora
Prenatal care quality: a comparison between pregnant women seen at the Medical School of Barbacena and the Federal University of Juiz de Fora

Clin. biomed. res; 36 (3), 2016
Introdução: A assistência ao pré-natal é fundamental para os resultados perinatais, pois quanto melhor a qualidade do amparo, mais favoráveis são os resultados e menores são as taxas de mortalidade materna e perinatal. Objetivos: Avaliar a qualidade do pré-natal com base no número de consultas ...

Prevalencia y estado epidemiológico de embarazadas obesas del Hospital A. Llano de Corrientes durante el período enero 2014 - abril 2015
revalence and epidemiological status of obese pregnant women at the Hospital A. Llano de Corrientes during the period January 2014 - April 2015

Según la Organización Mundial de la Salud, el número de obesos en el mundo para el 2015 sería de 700 millones. Más del 40% de las mujeres que cursan un embarazo se encuentran con sobrepeso u obesidad. La obesidad complica el 28% de los embarazos. Las pacientes con obesidad antes del embarazo tienen ...

Cirugía bariátrica antes del embarazo y su impacto en el resultado perinatal; revisión de la literatura
Bariatric surgery before pregnancy and its impact on the perinatal outcome; literature review

La obesidad en mujeres embarazadas se asocia a mal resultado materno y perinatal. El tratamiento de la obesidad, especialmente obesidad mórbida, es complejo, muchas veces requiere del apoyo de técnicas quirúrgicas. La cirugía bariátrica es una solución eficiente para la obesidad al lograr pérdida ...

Self-attention in pregnancy for women living in rural area: a ethnographic study

Texto & contexto enferm; 25 (4), 2016
ABSTRACT the study aims to recognizing self-attention practices related to pregnancy by women from rural area, as well as identifying these practices according to the different models of attention to health/birth. We carried out ethnography in three rural communities in a small city in the North Region o...

Reporte de dos casos de miocardiopatía periparto en la Unidad de Terapia Intensiva Obstétrica
Report of two cases of peripartum cardiomyopathy in the Intensive Care Unit Obstetric

Med. intensiva; 33 (4), 2016
La miocardiopatía periparto es una enfermedad poco frecuente de causa desconocida, que se caracteriza por la aparición de insuficiencia cardíaca aguda en embarazadas que cursan el último mes de gestación y en el puerperio. En las poblaciones estudiadas, la frecuencia más alta se observa en Haití, ...

Specific hypertensive disorders of pregnancy in a tertiary hospital in northeastern brazil epidemiological profile

Objective: To describe the epidemiological profile of women admitted to a tertiary hospital in Northeastern Brazil with Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy (HDP). Methods: A retrospective cross-sectional study was carried out at the Hospital Geral César Cals (César Cals General Hospital), a tertiary ca...