Sociodemographic and obstetric profile of HIV-positive pregnant women in a hospital and maternity hospital

• Autor(a) principal: Cisne, Francisca Irvna Mesquita
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Vieira, Natalia Abreu Silva, Ximenes, Ana Katarina Moura, Araújo, Ana Raquel, Magalhães, Fernanda Mesquita, Nogueira, Victor Matheus Gouveia, Santos Júnior, Francisco Carlos de Oliveira, Oliveira, Maria Auxiliadora Silva
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Científica da Faculdade de Medicina de Campos
• Texto Completo: https://www.fmc.br/ojs/index.php/RCFMC/article/view/446
• topic: Gestantes; HIV; Perfil do portador; Carrier profile; HIV; Pregnant women

Sexually Transmitted Infections grow exponentially and affect all social groups and life cycles, especially in pregnant women, due to their condition/phase of greater immunological and psycho-emotional vulnerability. The aim of this study was to describe the sociodemographicand obstetric profile of HIV-positive pregnant women in a hospital and maternity hospital. This is an exploratory, quantitative, retrospective study with document analysis.Data from medical records of pregnant women from a hospital in the interior of Ceará state were used. Thevariables analyzed were related to the sociodemographic/obstetric profile of HIV-positive pregnant women. Froma total of 1,150 records analyzed, 04 pregnant women were diagnosed as HIV positive, corresponding to 0.35%.Regarding marital status, married women prevailed (50%); cesarean delivery predominated (75%); the number of consultations was seven or more 4/4 (100%); regarding gestational age at delivery, there was a predominance of 37 to 41 weeks 3/4 (75%). The profile traced of HIV-positive pregnant women constituted important subsidies to be observed by public agencies, such as gestationat a young age, to direct Public Health actions.