SciELO - Scientific Electronic Library Online

 
vol.37 número4Criterios e indicadores para la caracterización de la integración en el sistema nacional de saludAños de vida saludable perdidos por cáncer de pulmón en Cuba en años seleccionados índice de autoresíndice de assuntospesquisa de artigos
Home Pagelista alfabética de periódicos  

Serviços Personalizados

Artigo

Indicadores

  • Não possue artigos citadosCitado por SciELO

Links relacionados

  • Não possue artigos similaresSimilares em SciELO

Compartilhar


Revista Cubana de Salud Pública

versão impressa ISSN 0864-3466

Resumo

SERRA VALDES, Miguel A; SAEZ CANTERO, Viviana  e  O'FARRIL LAZO, Rosario. Characteristics of pregnant women and puerperae with influenza-like illness during the A(H1N1) pandemic. Rev Cubana Salud Pública [online]. 2011, vol.37, n.4, pp. 416-421. ISSN 0864-3466.

Introduction In 2009, "Enrique Cabrera"hospital in La Habana was designated as the center of medical care to pregnant women and puerperae with influenza-like illness in the capital. Objective Clinical and epidemiological characterization of non- serious cases of pregnant women and puerperae admitted to the center. Methods Descriptive and cross-sectional study conducted from July 2009 to June 2010. In this period, 2 793 patients were admitted of whom 2 693 pregnant and 100 puerperae. Results The mean age of the patients was 27 years (15-45), the gestational age was 29 (9.4-41) and the average length of stay was 5.7 days. Dry cough (66.6 %), nasal congestion/secretion (57.5 %) and headache (45.5 %) were the most common symptoms. Six hundred twenty nine patients suffered complications (22.5 %) being bronchopneumonia (12.6 %) and persistent bronchial asthma (7.8 %) the most common; additionally, the latter was the most frequent risk factor(12.6%). There were not deaths in this group of patients. Conclusions The epidemiological surveillance, the early diagnosis, the prompt and musticidisciplinary treatment in compliance with the set medical protocols in all cases were determining factors in the satisfactory results achieved in the fight against influenza A (H1N1) pandemic.

Palavras-chave : Influenza A(H1N1); 2009 pandemics; maternal morbidity from influenza; influenza and pregnancy; epidemiology.

        · resumo em Espanhol     · texto em Espanhol     · Espanhol ( pdf )

 

Creative Commons License All the contents of this journal, except where otherwise noted, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License