Perinatal outcomes in pregnant women with hypertensive syndromes: an integrative review

• Main Author: Cassiano, Alexandra do Nascimento
• Publication Date: 2020
• Other Authors: Vitorino, Ana Beatriz Ferreira, Oliveira, Samara Isabela Maia de, Silva, Maria de Lourdes Costa da, Souza, Núbia Maria Lima de, Souza, Nilba Lima de
• Format: Article
• Language: por; eng
• Source: Revista de Enfermagem da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
• Download full: http://periodicos.ufsm.br/reufsm/article/view/33476
• topic: Hypertension; Pregnancy-Induced; Perinatal Care; Neonatology; Nursing; Review; Descriptores; Hipertensión Inducida en el Embarazo; Atención Perinatal; Neonatología; Enfermería; Revisión; Hipertensão induzida pela gravidez; Assistência perinatal; Neonatologia; Enfermagem; Revisão; Saúde materno-infantil

Objective: to identify in the literature the perinatal outcomes in pregnant women with hypertensive syndromes. Method: it is an integrative review with collection of publications indexed in LILACS¸ PUBMED, SCOPUS and WEB OF SCIENCE, during January 2017. The descriptors used were: pregnancy-induced hypertension, perinatal care and neonatology. Results: the most frequent perinatal outcomes were: perinatal mortality, prematurity, low APGAR in the 1st and 5th minute of life, newborns small for gestational age, admission to the intensive care unit, intrauterine growth restriction and cesarean delivery. Among the pathologies investigated, pre-eclampsia stood out (80.6%) and 3% of the articles addressed severe pre-eclampsia. Conclusions: the realization of investigations that analyze the exposure of the fetus / neonate to the maternal condition of severe pre-eclampsia and chronic hypertension overlapped by pre-eclampsia, constitutes knowledge gaps.