Resumen

BALESTENA SANCHEZ, Jorge M; PINO MALAGON, Esteban del; SUAREZ BLANCO, Ciro  y  SOTO URQUIOLA, Manuel. Maternal characteristics and perinatal results in prolonged pregnancy. Rev Cubana Obstet Ginecol [online]. 2002, vol.28, n.1, pp.11-17. ISSN 0138-600X.

In order to evaluate the maternal characteristics and the perinatal results in the chronologically prolonged pregnancy, a study was conducted at “Justo Legón Padilla” Gynecoobstetric Teaching Hospital, from July, 1999, to February, 2000. The study group was composed of all the pregnant women that gave birth with 42 weeks or more (n = 320). Different maternal and perinatal variables were evaluated. The percentage frequency, the mean and standard desviation and the test of difference of proportions with significance levels of p < 0.05 (siginificant) and p

Palabras clave : PREGNANCY, PROLONGED; INFANT MORTALITY; RISK FACTORS; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; MATERNAL AGE-35 AND OVER.