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- Title
Outcomes in fetuses and newborns exposed to infections during pregnancy.
- Authors
Aguiar Gomes da Silva, Kerolayne; Pereira do Nascimento Oliveira, Keila Cristina; Moraes de Almeida, Dara; dos Santos Sobrinha, Edivânia; Amorim dos Santos, Ewerton; Cavalcante de Melo, Géssyca; Samilli Pereira dos Santos, Raiany
- Abstract
Objective: To analyze outcomes in fetuses and newborns exposed to infections during pregnancy. Methods: Cross-sectional, quantitative study, carried out in a public maternity hospital in Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil. The sample consisted of 145 medical records of pregnant women admitted between 2015 and 2018 with possible vertically transmitted infections. Incomplete medical records or those that did not make it possible to describe fetal/neonatal exposure were excluded. The chi-squared test was used to verify the association between variables. Results: A greater occurrence of congenital syphilis was observed (28.8%). There was more than one outcome in the same individual, such as low birth weight (39%), respiratory distress (20.5%), oligohydramnios (20%), congenital malformation and small size for gestational age (10.8%). Maternal infections and the number of prenatal visits revealed an association with fetal/neonatal outcome (p ≤ 0.05). Conclusion: The data obtained indicate the occurrence of unfavorable fetal/neonatal outcomes when related to neonatal infections and indicate the need for strategies that strengthen the coping with vertical transmissions.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; MATERNAL exposure; CROSS-sectional method; CONGENITAL, hereditary, &; infantile syphilis; QUANTITATIVE research; PREGNANT women; AMNIOTIC liquid; PREGNANCY outcomes; INFECTION; LOW birth weight; RESEARCH funding; PUBLIC hospitals; MEDICAL records; CHI-squared test; PREGNANCY complications; RESPIRATORY distress syndrome; STATISTICAL sampling; DATA analysis software; VERTICAL transmission (Communicable diseases); SMALL for gestational age
- Publication
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem, 2021, Vol 74, Issue 3, p1
- ISSN
0034-7167
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/0034-7167-2020-0236