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RODRIGUEZ-MEDINA, Carmen Lilia. The most frequent risk factors for mother and son health, in the "Samaritana" and "del Valle" hospitals during february to june of 2005 . rev.fac.med. [online]. 2008, vol.56, n.2, pp.109-124. ISSN 0120-0011.

Background. Macro environmental, matro environmental and micro environmental factors lead to critical conditions of health placing in risk the mother and son lives. Objective. To do a clinical and epidemiological characterization of risks factors in mothers and child`s hospitalized in new born unit of "La Samaritan and Del Valle" hospitals between February and June 2005 Materials and methods. We do a descriptive study using data from clinical records and a survey applied to 110 mothers of the newborn who were hospitalized in neonatal intensive care units. Gestational age, sort, bird weight, pathology of new born, mother's age, prenatal controls, monthly income, pathology and previous hospitalizations of the mother, consumption of psychoactive substances, marital status, and origin were evaluated. Proportional variables were described by frequencies, a multivariable analysis was done with the statistical package SPAD and a regression analysis, was done with the statistical pac-kage that used MINITAB version 14.0. Results. Most of newborn hospitalized in intensive care units the «La Samaritana and in Del Valle» hospitals were masculine, with an average weight of 2,411 grams, with an average gestational age of 33, 14 weeks. The range of mother's age was 12 to 46 years, the greater percentage of mothers were between 15-19 years. 28 percent come from rural zone, 3 percent were homeless and 24 percent underwent displacement condition, 9 percent consumed alcohol or drug before and during the pregnancy, 21 percent of these mothers were head of household, 26 percent were unmarried mothers. The average of prenatal controls was three and only 30 percent were considered as good, 18 percent did not attend any type of prenatal control. The mothers thought that between the reasons not attended prenatal controls were lower social and cultural status. Conclusion. The low range of prenatal controls (3), demonstrating poor education. There were mothers who consumed psychoactive substances as alcohol, and marijuana before and during the pregnancy, we also meet a high percentage of very young mothers, some of them were homeless or displacement in conditions. It was detected a strong relation between mother's diseases (like of hellp syndrome, premature membrane rupture and eclampsia) and babies health (sepsis, cardiopathy, and hyaline membrane). We also founded that mother's diseases caused childbirths below 32 weeks of gestation.

Palavras-chave : mother-child relations; health status; critical care; intensive care; infant; newborn.

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