Abstract

COUTO NUNEZ, Dayana; NAPOLES MENDEZ, Danilo  and  MONTES DE OCA SANTIAGO, Pedro. Impact of preterm childbirth in perinatal morbidity and mortality. MEDISAN [online]. 2014, vol.18, n.6, pp. 841-847. ISSN 1029-3019.

A descriptive, prospective and longitudinal study of all preterm births which took place during the 2013 was carried out in "Dr. Juan Bruno Zayas Alfonso" General Hospital from Santiago de Cuba, with the objective of determining their incidence, their main causes, as well as the neonatal morbidity and mortality they generate. Prematurity, which was classified according to gestational age, clinical course, main causes and complications, prevailed in the category of mild (67.2%), while 41.0% took place in a spontaneous way. Hypertensive disease constituted the main cause for its occurrence, followed by the syndrome of fetal inflammatory response. Mortality prevailed in 63.6% of neonates with moderate prematurity in the series. Prematurity constitutes a health problem, inspite of the advances achieved, either scientific as in the clinical practice

Keywords : preterm childbirth; low birth weight; infection; neonatal morbidity.

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