Maternal factors associated with prematurity in public maternity hospitals at the Brazilian Western Amazon.

CONCLUSION: The variables that were associated with premature birth were mother born preterm, low BMI, previous premature child, stress and physical injury during pregnancy, prenatal care inadequate II, bleeding, abnormal amniotic fluid volume, pre-eclampsia/eclampsia and hospitalization during pregnancy. It is important to properly perform prenatal care, having a multidisciplinary approach as support, with the objective of keep up with changes in nutritional classification and monitoring of adverse clinical conditions.
PMID: 32109707 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Midwifery - February 17, 2020 Category: Midwifery Authors: Santos CL, Costa KMM, Dourado JEC, Lima SBG, Dotto LMG, Schirmer J Tags: Midwifery Source Type: research