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PRENATAL CARE AND HYPERTENSIVE DISORDERS DURING PREGNANCY: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY

2024; Volume: 4; Issue: 79 Linguagem: Inglês

10.22533/at.ed.1594792421086

2764-0159

Nicole Naomi León Sánchez, Melissa Nathaly Cantos Aguirre, Nicolás Andrés Martínez Calero, Alexandra Verónica Brenner Peralta, Stephany Bustamante Cuadrado, Ernesto Alejandro Ruiz Uriña, Maite Adriana Delgado Rendón, Jaime Andrés Cedeño Ochoa, Steeven Jahir Gruezo Nájera, Maritza Elizabeth Quezada Ochoa, Rosalía Juleydi Lapo Lascano, Cristopher Johnson Suárez Espinoza,

Birth, Development, and Health

Introduction: Hypertensive disorders during pregnancy constitute a major public health problem affecting pregnant women worldwide, being more common in developing countries.This condition not only has consequences for the mother's health during pregnancy and postpartum, but also imposes an increase in costs in obstetric and neonatal care, making it both an economic and social problem.Objective: To determine the effect of prenatal check-ups in postpartum patients who presented hypertensive disorders during their pregnancy at the Matilde Hidalgo Specialized Hospital in Procel in the period from May to August 2022.Material and method: The research design is nonexperimental, observational -cross-sectional.Conclusion: Performing prenatal check-ups does not reduce complications in pregnant women with hypertensive disorders.