Factores de riesgo en el embarazo que predisponen al aparecimiento de sepsis neonatal en el Hospital IESS Latacunga en el periodo mayo 2017 – abril 2018

Abstract

An observational, retrospective and cross-sectional study was carried out, with the aim of analyzing the risk factors in pregnancy that predispose the appearance of Neonatal Sepsis in the IESS Latacunga Hospital in May 2017 – April 2018 period, 72 cases diagnosed and treated as Neonatal sepsis in the Neonatology service of this Health Care Unit were included within this period, the data of the clinical histories made in the gynecology and neonatology services were collected. The IBM SPSS 23 statistical program was used to tabulate the data and it was taken into consideration those that represented validity through the use of chi-square, the p-values and a 95% reliability index. The results showed the importance of antenatal maternal infections in the appearance of neonatal sepsis, and how prenatal controls were fundamental in its follow-up; 40.9% of neonates whose mothers had vaginosis and less than 6 controls, 31.8% also had Urinary Tract Infection (p=0.011, 95% CI); moreover as the sociocultural environment influences upon finding that a 25.4%, mothers who had only primary education had a 15.5% Premature Rupture of Membranes after the 37 weeks and a 4.2% Premature Rupture of membranes before the 37 weeks, and a 45.1% of mothers who had up to secondary education, 36.8% had Premature Membrane Rupture after 37 weeks, an 11.3% had Premature Membrane Rupture before 37 weeks (p= 0.080, 95% CI). Thus reinforcing the stated hypothesis in this study.