Puerperal women with human virus of the positive immunodeficiency (HIV +) and the birth conditions of their newborns

Authors

  • Ivoneide Verissimo Oliveira UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO CEARÁ
  • Maria Gorete Andrade Bezerra Mestre em Enfermagem. Professora da Universidade de Fortaleza. Enfermeira da Maternidade-Escola Assis Chateaubriand-Universidade Federal do Ceará.
  • José Gomes Bezerra Filho Biestatístico. Doutor em Saúde Pública pela Universidade Federal da Bahia. Docente do Programa de Pós Graduação UFC/UECE
  • Janayna Pinheiro Bezerra Especialista em Neonatologia pela Faculdade Metropolitana de Fortaleza
  • Rejane Maria Carvalho de Oliveira Professora da Universidade de Fortaleza (UNIFOR), Ceará.
  • Regina Fátima Gonçalves Feitosa Doutora em Farmacologia. Enfermeira do Departamento de Saúde Comunitária da Universidade Federal do Ceará
DOI: https://doi.org/10.6018/eglobal.11.4.138561
Keywords: Prenatal Care, Cesarean Section, Infant, Newborn

Abstract

Objectives: To characterize the profile of mothers with positive human immunodeficiency virus (HIV+) and birth conditions of newborns. Method: A retrospective descriptive study, quantitative approach performed in a public maternity in Fortaleza, Ceará-Brazil. All the participants were HIV + seropositive mothers and their newborns admitted in 2009, totaled 27, recorded in the Epidemiological Surveillance Unit (NUVE). Results: the mothers, 37.0% were aged between 21-25 years, 11.1% used drugs, 48.1% had had one to two pregnancies, 40.7% had not carried out at least six prenatal consultations, 96, 3% had a cesarean delivery, 74.0% used Zidovudine (AZT). Concerning the newborn 74.0% were 45-49 cm tall, 63.0%, head circumference 32-34 cm, 63.0%, chest circumference 30-33 cm, 14.8% weighed> 3500 g, 18.5% were born preterm, 3.7% had Apgar in the first minute of 4-7 and 96.3%> 7 and 37.1% had transient tachypnea. Conclusion: Although most women had done less than six prenatal visits, there were a significant number of pregnant women with antiretroviral therapy in pregnancy and childbirth. The number of newborns sent to rooming was quite low. Birth weight, height and head circumference were mostly satisfactory and equivalent to that reported in literature.

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Author Biography

Ivoneide Verissimo Oliveira, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO CEARÁ

Enfermeira, Especialista em Saúde Pública, Saúde do trabalhador, Doutoranda em Saúde Coletiva Pela Universidade Federal do Ceará.
Published
29-09-2012
How to Cite
[1]
Oliveira, I.V. et al. 2012. Puerperal women with human virus of the positive immunodeficiency (HIV +) and the birth conditions of their newborns. Global Nursing. 11, 4 (Sep. 2012). DOI:https://doi.org/10.6018/eglobal.11.4.138561.
Issue
Vol. 11 No. 4 (2012): #28 - Octubre
Section
Enfermería y perspectiva de Género

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