Características obstétricas de mulheres atendidas por pré-eclâmpsia e eclâmpsia - doi: 10.4025/actascihealthsci.v33i1.7711

Ione Cavalcante Lacerda; Thereza Maria Magalhães Moreira

doi:10.4025/actascihealthsci.v33i1.7711

Obstetric characteristics of women treated for pre-eclampsia and eclampsia - doi: 10.4025/actascihealthsci.v33i1.7711

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Ione Cavalcante Lacerda Universidade Estadual do Ceará Author
Thereza Maria Magalhães Moreira Universidade Estadual do Ceará Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4025/actascihealthsci.v33i1.7711

Keywords:

Pregnancy, complications, hypertension, pre-eclampsia

Abstract

The objective was to describe the characteristics of the clientele treated for pre-eclampsia/eclampsia in 2007. The research, which was quantitative, descriptive and documentary, was conducted at a municipal hospital in Fortaleza, Ceará State, featuring gynecological and obstetric emergency services. After analyzing 132 cases, we observed that most patients were adolescent and single. The most cited signs and symptoms by the pregnant women were headache, dizziness and limb edema. With regard to the most prescribed medications, hydralazine was the most utilized in the service. We established a need for improvement in the public service to meet the demand and understand the characteristics of this clientele.

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Author Biographies

Ione Cavalcante Lacerda, Universidade Estadual do Ceará

Ione Cavalcante Lacerda, enfermeira, graduada pela Universidade Estadual do Ceará
Thereza Maria Magalhães Moreira, Universidade Estadual do Ceará

Doutora em Enfermagem. Docente do Curso de Graduação em Enfermagem e do Mestrado Acadêmico Cuidados Clínicos em Saúde da Universidade Estadual do Ceará (UECE).

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Published

2011-05-18

Issue

Vol. 33 No. 1 (2011)

Section

Medicine

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Obstetric characteristics of women treated for pre-eclampsia and eclampsia - doi: 10.4025/actascihealthsci.v33i1.7711. (2011). Acta Scientiarum. Health Sciences, 33(1), 71-76. https://doi.org/10.4025/actascihealthsci.v33i1.7711