Perfil de gestantes internadas com hiperêmese em uma maternidade pública do Rio de Janeiro

Abstract

Objective: to evaluate the sociodemographic and obstetric profile. clinical and nutritional status, as well as the nutritional status of the newborn, in pregnant women hospitalized for hyperemesis gravidarum, from 2013 to 2016. Methods: observational, retrospective and cross-sectional study, in which data from medical records of hospitalized pregnant women with hyperemesis gravidarum were analyzed. in a public maternity hospital in Rio de Janeiro. Descriptive analysis included classic procedures such as simple averages and frequency. Result: In the period of 4 years, 34 pregnant women with hyperemesis gravidarum were hospitalized, but the sample consisted of 21 pregnant women, mostly adults, brown or white, eutrophic, primiparous without previous diseases, living in Rio de Janeiro and who had not planned the pregnancy. The mean length of hospital stay was 6 days, with duration of symptoms ranging from 2 to 12 days. 75% of multiparous pregnant women reported a history of hyperemesis gravidarum. More than 60% had insufficient total gestational weight gain, all babies were born at term and 76.2% had adequate birth weight for their age. Conclusion: Despite the small sample, an increase in the incidence of hyperemesis gravidarum in the years studied and a high prevalence of insufficient total weight gain can be observed.