Prenatal nursing care for syphilis patients: speculative inquiry

• Autor(a) principal: Rodrigues, Silvia Maria da Silva Sant'ana
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Teles, Weber de Santana, Silva, Max Cruz da, Torres, Ruth Cristini, Andrade, Ana Fátima Souza Melo de, Azevedo, Marcel Vinícius Cunha, Calasans, Taíssa Alice Soledade, Barros, Ângela Maria Melo Sá, Hora, Aline Barreto, Santos Junior, Paulo Celso Curvelo, Silva, Maria Hozana Santos
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Research, Society and Development
• Texto Completo: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/23187
• topic: Community health nursing; Women's health; Prenatal care; Treponema Pallidum; Health promotion.; Enfermería en salud comunitaria; La salud de la mujer; Atención prenatal; Treponema Pallidum; Promoción de la salud.; Enfermagem em saúde comunitária; Saúde da mulher; Cuidado Pré-Natal; Treponema Pallidum; Promoção da saúde.

Syphilis is an infectious disease of chronic evolution that affects several systems of the human body. Caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum, a spirochete, which is mainly transmitted by unprotected sexual contact, blood transfusion and vertical transmission through the placenta. According to information from the Syphilis Epidemiological Bulletin, in 2019, 152,915 cases of acquired syphilis were registered across the country, with a detection rate of 72.8 cases per 100 thousand inhabitants. -natal to a syphilis patient, referring to the difficulties faced by nurses in the face of a syphilis diagnosis during pregnancy in scientific articles indexed in the electronic database of the BVS, LILACS, BDENF and SciElO, published between 2016 and 2020. it is a descriptive integrative review research with a qualitative approach, whose general objective will be to identify the behaviors performed by nurses in scientific platforms to minimize the impacts related to congenital syphilis. The results obtained allow us to obtain a broader view of the situation of gestational syphilis, contributing as an important source of data for epidemiological surveys carried out by health agencies and enabling them to direct their actions.