Abstract

RODRIGUEZ PINO, Mediala et al. Some considerations of the impact of hypertension in pregnancy on perinatal mortality and morbidity indicators. Rev Cubana Obstet Ginecol [online]. 1999, vol.25, n.2, pp. 108-113. ISSN 1561-3062.

The results of a study of 227 patients who had been classified as hypertensive and admitted to "Mario Muñoz Monroy" general hospital in Colon municipality during 1996 are set forth in this paper. The total number of non-hypertensive pregnant women cared for was 2 457, so the incidence rate of hypertension was set at 9.2 %. This case group was compared to a control group composed by a homogeneous randomized sample without associated diseases, and a database was created which allowed to obtain statistical results by data processing in an EPINFO-5 package compatible IBM computer from the health department of Colon and to find out the percentage method, the arithmetic means a £ 0,05 and the X² parametric test for a preset percentile where. Due to their statistical significance, the analyzed variables proved the negative influence of hypertension in pregnancy on perinatal morbidity and mortality rates.

Keywords : PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; INDICATORS OF MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY; HYPERTENSION [etiology]; INFANT MORTALITY.

        · abstract in Spanish     · text in Spanish     · Spanish ( pdf )