Background:

Studies carried out inside and outside of Cuba show that there is a high impact on the health of the product of conception of mothers with extremely serious maternal morbidity. An analysis of this problem could be reverted to adequate medical care and the achievement of excellence perinatal results.

Objective:

to characterize patients with extremely severe maternal morbidity and its perinatal repercussion.

Methods:

descriptive study, of a series of cases, carried out at the Dr. Gustavo Aldereguía Lima Hospital, in Cienfuegos. The series consisted of 145 patients with extremely severe maternal morbidity, and their products of conception, treated during the period 2016-2018. Type of delivery, causes of admission, maternal and neonatal morbidity, perinatal mortality, among other variables were analyzed.

Results:

patients without comorbidity, non-nulliparous and aged between 20 and 34 years predominated. The most frequent causes of admission were hypertensive disease of pregnancy (37.9%) and major obstetric hemorrhage (30.3%); as well as in neonatal therapies, they were the respiratory distress syndrome (42.5%) and neonatal asphyxia (400%). In addition, the ratio of one patient with extremely severe maternal morbidity for every 87.4 births was observed; one maternal death for every 72.5 patients; and one newborn with neonatal morbidity every 3.6 patients.

Conclusion:

extremely severe maternal morbidity is a condition with a high impact on perinatal morbidity and mortality.

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