Frequency of maternal and newborn birth outcomes, Lima, Peru, 2013

Cabeza, Jeanne; Wynn, Adriane; Klausner, Jeffrey D.; Garcia Funegra, Patricia Jannet; Needleman, Jack; Adachi, Kristina

dc.contributor.author	Wynn, Adriane
dc.contributor.author	Cabeza, Jeanne
dc.contributor.author	Adachi, Kristina
dc.contributor.author	Needleman, Jack
dc.contributor.author	Garcia Funegra, Patricia Jannet
dc.contributor.author	Klausner, Jeffrey D.
dc.date.accessioned	2019-02-06T14:53:12Z
dc.date.available	2019-02-06T14:53:12Z
dc.date.issued	2015
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/5401
dc.description.abstract	OBJECTIVE: This study describes the pregnancy and birth outcomes at two hospitals in Lima, Peru. The data collection and analysis is intended to inform patients, providers, and policy makers on Peru's progress toward achieving the Millennium Development Goals and to help set priorities for action and further research. METHODS: Data were collected retrospectively from a sample of 237 women who delivered between December 2012 and September 2013 at the Instituto Nacional Materno Perinatal or the Hospital Nacional Arzobispo Loayza. The outcomes were recorded by a trained mid-wife through telephone interviews with patients and by review of hospital records. Associations between participant demographic characteristics and pregnancy outcomes were tested with Chi-squared, Fisher's exact, or Student's t-test. RESULTS: Over 37% of women experienced at least one maternal or perinatal complication, and the most frequent were hypertension/preeclampsia and macrosomia. The women in our sample had a cesarean section rate of 50.2%. CONCLUSION: Maternal and perinatal complications are not uncommon among women in the lower socioeconomic strata of Lima. Also, the high cesarean rate underpins the need for a more comprehensive understanding of the indications for cesarean section deliveries, which could help reduce the number of unnecessary procedures and preventable complications.	en_US
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.publisher	Public Library of Science
dc.relation.ispartofseries	PLoS ONE
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es
dc.subject	Adolescent	en_US
dc.subject	Adult	en_US
dc.subject	Female	en_US
dc.subject	Humans	en_US
dc.subject	Retrospective Studies	en_US
dc.subject	Young Adult	en_US
dc.subject	Middle Aged	en_US
dc.subject	Peru/epidemiology	en_US
dc.subject	Pregnancy	en_US
dc.subject	Prevalence	en_US
dc.subject	Infant, Newborn	en_US
dc.subject	Pregnancy Outcome	en_US
dc.subject	Cesarean Section/statistics & numerical data	en_US
dc.subject	Maternal Age	en_US
dc.subject	Pregnancy Complications/epidemiology	en_US
dc.title	Frequency of maternal and newborn birth outcomes, Lima, Peru, 2013	en_US
dc.type	info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0116102
dc.subject.ocde	https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.02.02
dc.relation.issn	1932-6203